Title :
Characterization of an electrically induced refractive index change in a hydrogenated amorphous silicon multistack waveguide
Author :
Rao, Sandro ; Coppola, Giuseppe ; Gioffrè, Mariano ; Summonte, Caterina ; Corte, Francesco G Della
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Sci., Math., Electron. & Transportations (DIMET), Univ. Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy
Abstract :
Electrically induced phase modulation is characterized for the first time in a waveguide-integrated Fabry-Perot (FP) resonating cavity based both on an index- and conductivity high-contrast amorphous silicon/amorphous silicon carbide (a-Si:H/a-SiC:H) multistack.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; hydrogen; integrated optics; optical conductivity; optical modulation; optical multilayers; optical waveguides; phase modulation; refractive index; silicon; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; Si:H-SiC:H; electrically induced phase modulation; electrically induced refractive index; high-contrast amorphous silicon-amorphous silicon carbide multistack; hydrogenated amorphous silicon multistack waveguide; optical conductivity; waveguide-integrated Fabry-Perot resonating cavity; Cavity resonators; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Optics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8338-9
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053797
