• DocumentCode
    2059876
  • Title

    Extremely low power consumption thermooptic switch (0.6 mW) with suspended ridge and silicon-silica hybrid waveguide structures

  • Author

    Kasahara, Ryoichi ; Watanabe, Kei ; Itoh, Mikitaka ; Inoue, Yasuyuki ; Kaneko, Akimasa

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrated an extremely low power consumption thermooptic switch using suspended ridge and silicon-silica hybrid waveguide structures. The switching power was successfully reduced to only 0.6 mW.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical fabrication; optical switches; optical waveguides; silicon; silicon compounds; thermo-optical devices; Si-SiO2Jk; low power consumption; silicon-silica hybrid waveguide structures; suspended ridge; switching power; thermooptic switch; Arm; Directional couplers; Energy consumption; Insulation; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Silicon compounds; Substrates; Switching circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Brussels
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2227-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2228-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729448
  • Filename
    4729448
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2059876