Hybrid silicon photonic integrated circuits for optical networking

Author

Burmeister, E.F. ; Chen, H.-W. ; Mack, J.P. ; Kuo, Y.-H. ; Stamenic, B. ; Blumenthal, D.J. ; Bowers, J.E.

Author_Institution

ECE Dept., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA

fYear

2008

fDate

4-7 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We describe the design and results of several hybrid silicon devices that combine benefits of III-V semiconductors with silicon-based platforms. Presented work includes a silicon-on-insulator evanescent phase modulator and a recirculating buffer using silica waveguides.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; integrated optics; monolithic integrated circuits; optical fibre networks; silicon-on-insulator; waveguides; hybrid silicon photonic integrated circuits; lll-V semiconductors; optical networking; recirculating buffer; silica waveguides; silicon-based platforms; silicon-on-insulator evanescent phase modulator; III-V semiconductor materials; Integrated optics; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits; Silicon devices; Silicon on insulator technology; Buffers; Photonic integrated circuits; Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology; couplers; multiplexers; routers; switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics in Switching, 2008. PS 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sapporo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4326-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-4-8855-2228-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PS.2008.4804173

Filename

4804173