Title :
Compact low-loss delay lines on a micron-scale SOI platform
Author :
Cherchi, Matteo ; Harjanne, Mikko ; Ylinen, Sami ; Vyrsokinos, K. ; Kapulainen, Markku ; Vehmas, Tapani ; Aalto, Timo
Author_Institution :
VTT - Tech. Res. Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
Long spiral waveguides with small footprint and low-loss were fabricated on a micron-thick SOI platform. In particular an interferometer delayed by a 9.5 mm long spiral was measured to effectively demodulate 7.1 Gbps DPSK signals.
Keywords :
demodulation; differential phase shift keying; integrated optics; light interferometers; micro-optics; optical communication equipment; optical delay lines; optical losses; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; DPSK signal demodulation; Si; bit rate 7.1 Gbit/s; compact low-loss delay lines; interferometer; micron-scale SOI platform; spiral waveguides; Delay lines; Indexes; Optical interferometry; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Silicon; Spirals; DPSK demodulation; Mach-Zehnder inteferometers; Multimode interferometers; delay lines; silicon photonics; spiral waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2282-6
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2014.6962031
