Title : 
Large photo-induced group delay variations in chalcogenide-on-silicon Mach-Zehnder interferometers
         
        
            Author : 
Califa, R. ; Kaganovskii, Yu. ; Munk, D. ; Genish, H. ; Bakish, Idan ; Rosenbluh, Michael ; Zadok, Avi
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Fac. of Eng., Bar-Ilan Univ., Ramat-Gan, Israel
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The rapid post-fabrication trimming of the group index in hybrid chalcogenide-onsilicon Mach-Zehnder interferometers is demonstrated. Index changes of 0.065 are achieved through photo-induced mass transfer in an As10Se90 layer.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; optical delay lines; optical fabrication; refractive index; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; As10Se90; group index; hybrid chalcogenide-on-silicon Mach-Zehnder interferometers; photo-induced group delay variations; photo-induced mass transfer; rapid post-fabrication trimming; Glass; Indexes; Laser beams; Optical device fabrication; Optical interferometry; Optical materials; Optical waveguides;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Jose, CA