• DocumentCode
    1626023
  • Title

    Photothermal optical switching in ultra-compact hybrid Si-VO2 ring resonators

  • Author

    Ryckman, Judson D. ; Diez-Blanco, Victor ; Nag, Joyeeta ; Marvel, Robert E. ; Choi, B.K. ; Haglund, Richard F., Jr. ; Weiss, Sharon M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    69
  • Lastpage
    71
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate optical switching in ultra-compact hybrid Si-VO2 ring resonators. Large changes in resonant wavelength and optical transmission are achieved by photothermally triggering the reversible semiconductor-to-metal phase-transition of VO2.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; light transmission; metal-insulator transition; optical resonators; optical switches; photothermal effects; silicon-on-insulator; vanadium compounds; Si-VO2; optical transmission; photothermal optical switching; photothermal triggering; resonant wavelength; reversible semiconductor-to-metal phase-transition; ultracompact hybrid ring resonators; Optical device fabrication; Optical modulation; Optical ring resonators; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2012 IEEE 9th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • ISSN
    1949-2081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0826-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2012.6324089
  • Filename
    6324089
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1626023