Title :
Novel graphene-based photonic devices for efficient light control and manipulation
Author :
Ciminelli, C. ; Conteduca, D. ; Dell´Olio, F. ; Armenise, M.N.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Lab., Politec. di Bari, Bari, Italy
Abstract :
A novel graphene-based photonic device with two graphene monolayers sandwiched by two vertically-stacked microring resonators has been proposed. The integration of graphene allows an efficient tuning of electronic and optical properties of the resonant cavity by applying low values of voltage, minimizing the values of switching energy and switching time. This feature and the small footprint demonstrate the suitability of the proposed resonant cavity to be used as an efficient phase-shifter or a delay line. A detailed analysis of the state-of-the-art of the optical microcavities used to control and manipulate the properties of light has been also discussed to compare the performance of the proposed graphene-based vertically-stacked microring resonators with the results already proposed in literature. A maximum group delay τg = 360 ps with a tuning range Δτg = 230 ps, and a switching energy Eswitch = 26 pJ have been calculated, which confirm a high performance of the graphene-based resonant cavity with an ultra-compact footprint of 1600 μm2.
Keywords :
graphene devices; micro-optomechanical devices; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; monolayers; optical communication equipment; optical delay lines; optical phase shifters; optical resonators; C; delay line; graphene monolayer; graphene-based photonic device; light control; light manipulation; optical microcavity; phase shifter; resonant cavity; vertically-stacked microring resonator; Cavity resonators; Delay lines; Graphene; Integrated optics; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; delay line; graphene-based optical devices; vertically-stacked microring resonator;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2015 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193579