• DocumentCode
    1794071
  • Title

    Small-sized Mach-Zehnder interferometer optical switch using thin film Ge2Sb2Te5 phase-change material

  • Author

    Moriyama, Takumi ; Kawashima, Hitoshi ; Kuwahara, Masashi ; Xiaomin Wang ; Asakura, Hideaki ; Tsuda, Hiroyuki

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Small-sized Mach-Zehnder Interferometer optical switch using Ge2Sb2Te5 thin films was fabricated. Two thin films of 1-μm-square were sufficient for switching. The switching operation was successfully demonstrated by pulsed laser irradiation.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; germanium compounds; optical fabrication; optical films; optical materials; optical switches; phase change materials; ternary semiconductors; Ge2Sb2Te5; Ge2Sb2Te5 thin films; pulsed laser irradiation; small-sized Mach-Zehnder interferometer optical switch; switching operation; thin film Ge2Sb2Te5 phase-change material; Optical device fabrication; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Phase change materials; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.Tu3E.4
  • Filename
    6886949
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1794071