Title :
A thermally reconfigurable reflection canceller for adaptive on-chip optical isolation on SOI
Author :
Alipour, Payam ; Eftekhar, Ali Asghar ; Atabaki, Amir H. ; Adibi, Ali
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a compact, thermally reconfigurable reflection canceller on SOI for adaptive on-chip optical isolation without reliance on magneto-optic or nonlinear properties. An isolation ratio of 34dB is achieved with an insertion loss of <;0.15dB.
Keywords :
adaptive optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical isolators; optical losses; reflectivity; silicon-on-insulator; SOI; Si; adaptive on-chip optical isolation; insertion loss; isolation ratio; thermally reconfigurable reflection canceller; Couplers; Isolators; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical reflection; Optical resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656622
