• DocumentCode
    1779122
  • Title

    Integrated field-programmable 2×2 optical switch on a multilayer platform

  • Author

    Sodagar, Majid ; Hosseinnia, Amir Hossein ; Eftekhar, Ali Asghar ; Alibi, Ali

  • Author_Institution
    Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    12-16 Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    114
  • Lastpage
    115
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate field-programmable 2×2 optical switch based on resonance elimination through dielectric breakdown phenomenon on a high-quality multilayer platform (Si/SiO2/Si). Fabricated device exhibits an on/off extinction ratio of more than 20 dB for both routes.
  • Keywords
    electric breakdown; elemental semiconductors; field programmable gate arrays; integrated optics; optical interconnections; optical multilayers; optical switches; silicon; silicon compounds; Si-SiO2-Si; dielectric breakdown phenomenon; high-quality multilayer platform; integrated field-programmable 2×2 optical switch; multilayer platform; on/off extinction ratio; resonance elimination; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber networks; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995238
  • Filename
    6995238
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1779122