Title :
Optimized micro-heater structures for tunable silicon multimode interferometers
Author :
Rosa, Alberto ; Brimont, Antoine ; Griol, Amadeu ; Sanchis, Pablo
Author_Institution :
Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
Different micro-heaters structures are analyzed and experimentally demonstrated to optimize the thermo-optic tuning performance of silicon MMIs. A 28dB crosstalk with 65 mW power consumption has been achieved for a double meander structure.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; light interferometers; micro-optics; optical crosstalk; optical tuning; silicon; thermo-optical effects; Si; crosstalk; double meander structure; optimized microheater structures; power 65 mW; power consumption; thermo-optic tuning performance; tunable silicon multimode interferometers; Crosstalk; Electrodes; Heating; Optical crosstalk; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Silicon;
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/Group4.2014.6962036
