Title :
Very-low-current operation of InAlGaAs/InAlAs/InP Mach-Zehnder interferometer-type multi-mode interference photonic switch (MIPS-MZ)
Author :
Ueda, Yuta ; Nakamura, Shinya ; Utaka, Katsuyuki ; Shiota, Takashi ; Kitatani, Takeshi
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Fundamental Sci. & Eng., Waseda Univ., Tokyo
Abstract :
We fabricated an InAlGaAs/InAlAs /InP semiconductor photonic switch with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) and multi-mode interference (MMI) couplers for low-power consumption operation. As a result, low-current and high-seed switching operation was attained with as low as 3.5 mA and nano-second order experimentally.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical couplers; photoconducting switches; photonic switching systems; InAlGaAs-InAlAs-InP; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Mach-Zehnder multimode interference photonic switch; low power consumption; multimode interference couplers; semiconductor photonic switch; very low current operation; Couplers; Energy consumption; Etching; Indium compounds; Indium phosphide; Interference; Optical packet switching; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Photonics; InAlGaAs; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; multimode interference (MMI); semiconductor photonic switch;
Conference_Titel :
Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, 2008. IPRM 2008. 20th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Versailles
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2258-6
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8669
DOI :
10.1109/ICIPRM.2008.4702989
