DocumentCode
474315
Title
Design of a Thermooptical Modulator based on SOI Waveguides
Author
Kusko, M. ; Comanescu, F. ; Tibeica, C. ; Cristea, D.
Author_Institution
IMT-Bucharest, Bucharest
Volume
1
fYear
2007
fDate
Oct. 15 2007-Sept. 17 2007
Firstpage
207
Lastpage
210
Abstract
In this work we have studied theoretically a thermo optic modulator based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with silicon waveguides. We have used optical analysis for designing a single mode, polarization insensitive Mach-Zehnder interferometer and the thermal analysis for determining the required apllied voltage for switching from ON to OFF state. We have obtained that the applied voltage value should be around 2.6 V.
Keywords
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; modulators; silicon-on-insulator; thermo-optical devices; SOI waveguides; polarization insensitive Mach-Zehnder interferometer; silicon waveguides; thermal analysis; thermooptical modulator; Optical design; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor waveguides; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Semiconductor Conference, 2007. CAS 2007. International
Conference_Location
Sinaia
ISSN
1545-827X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0847-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SMICND.2007.4519682
Filename
4519682
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