Title :
Low power silicon photonics switch
Author :
Fang, Qing ; Song, Junfeng ; Jia, Lianxi ; Liow, Tsung-Yang ; Yu, Mingbin ; Lo, Guo-Qiang ; Kwong, Dim-Lee
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microelectron., A*STAR (Agency of Sci. & Technol. Res.), Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
In this paper, a low power consumption thermo-optical switch is presented on SOI platform. The switch power consumptions for TE mode and TM mode are 0.49 mW and 1.1 mW, respectively. And the extinction ratios are 23.0 dB and 14.3 dB for TE/TM mode, respectively. The switch time is about 266 μs for both modes, including 144 μs rise time and 122 μs fall time. Compared to the similar switch with conventional structure, our presented switch can reduce more than 98% the power consumption.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical switches; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; thermo-optical devices; SOI; Si; low power consumption; low power silicon photonics switch; power 0.49 mW; power 1.1 mW; thermooptical switch; time 122 mus; time 144 mus; Heating; Optical device fabrication; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Power demand; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Global Conference (PGC), 2010
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9882-6
DOI :
10.1109/PGC.2010.5705973
