• DocumentCode
    1587394
  • Title

    Low power and broadband 2 × 2 silicon thermo-optic switch

  • Author

    DeRose, Christopher T. ; Watts, Michael R. ; Young, Ralph W. ; Trotter, Douglas C. ; Nielson, Gregory N. ; Zortman, William A. ; Kekatpure, Rohan D.

  • Author_Institution
    Sandia Nat. Lab. Appl. Microphotonic Syst., Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We present a 2×2 silicon thermo-optic switch which requires a switching power of only ~12.5 mW and has a response time of 5.4 μs. The measured extinction ratio of the switch is >;~20 dB across the C and L communications bands.
  • Keywords
    optical switches; silicon; thermo-optical devices; broadband silicon thermo-optic switch; low power thermo-optic switch; switching power; time 5.4 mus; Contacts; Optical device fabrication; Optical scattering; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875446
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1587394