• DocumentCode
    510398
  • Title

    Low-power electro-optical switch based on a III-V microdisk cavity on a silicon-on-insulator circuit

  • Author

    Liu, Liu ; Roelkens, Gunther ; Spuesens, Thijs ; Soref, Richard ; Regreny, Philippe ; Thourhout, Dries Van ; Baets, Roel

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Research Group, INTEC Department, Ghent University-IMEC, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Gent, Belgium
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-6 Nov. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We introduce a compact, low-power electro-optical switch on a silicon-on-insulator circuit through heterogeneous integration. A 10µm diameter III-V microdisk cavity is employed as the switching element. Switching of a 10Gbps optical signal is demonstrated by sweeping the bias between −1.1V and +0.9V with 15dB extinction ratio and 1.2ns switching speed.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductor materials; Optical interconnections; Optical pumping; Optical ring resonators; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Resonance; Silicon on insulator technology; Switches; Switching circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai, China
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-877-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-877-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5377057