Title :
Extremely low power consumption thermooptic switch (0.6 mW) with suspended ridge and silicon-silica hybrid waveguide structures
Author :
Kasahara, Ryoichi ; Watanabe, Kei ; Itoh, Mikitaka ; Inoue, Yasuyuki ; Kaneko, Akimasa
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi
Abstract :
We demonstrated an extremely low power consumption thermooptic switch using suspended ridge and silicon-silica hybrid waveguide structures. The switching power was successfully reduced to only 0.6 mW.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical fabrication; optical switches; optical waveguides; silicon; silicon compounds; thermo-optical devices; Si-SiO2Jk; low power consumption; silicon-silica hybrid waveguide structures; suspended ridge; switching power; thermooptic switch; Arm; Directional couplers; Energy consumption; Insulation; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Silicon compounds; Substrates; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729448
