Amorphous silicon based active photonic devices

Author

Della Corte, F.G. ; Nigro, M.A. ; Summonte, C. ; Cantore, F. ; Gagliardi, M. ; Rao, S.

Author_Institution

DIMET, "Mediterranea" Univ., Calabria, Italy

fYear

2005

fDate

21-23 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

71

Lastpage

73

Abstract

New active photonic components are proposed which exploit two amorphous silicon and related alloys optoelectronic peculiarities. In particular the thermo-optic effect and the photoinduced absorption at the infrared wavelengths are employed to design respectively a spatial switch and a light amplitude modulator. Both devices are integrated within a silicon on SiO₂ waveguide.

Keywords

amorphous semiconductors; infrared spectra; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical design techniques; optical modulation; optical switches; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; thermo-optical effects; Si; Si-SiO₂; active photonic devices; amorphous silicon; device integration; infrared wavelengths; light amplitude modulator; optoelectronic peculiarities; photoinduced absorption; silicon on SiO₂ waveguide; spatial switch; thermooptic effect; Amorphous silicon; Communication switching; Councils; Optical films; Optical refraction; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Thermooptic effects;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Group IV Photonics, 2005. 2nd IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9070-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GROUP4.2005.1516407

Filename

1516407