• DocumentCode
    528124
  • Title

    Improvement in extinction ratio of silicon-silica hybrid thermooptic switch by using UV laser trimming technique

  • Author

    Hashizume, Y. ; Tsuchizawa, T. ; Watanabe, T. ; Yamada, K. ; Itabashi, S. ; Nasu, Y. ; Itoh, M.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-9 July 2010
  • Firstpage
    80
  • Lastpage
    81
  • Abstract
    We describe an 8-channel switch with a low power of 0.7 mW/channel based on a silicon-silica hybrid structure. We improve the extinction ratio from 3 dB to > 15 dB by using a laser trimming.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; laser materials processing; optical switches; silicon; 8-channel switch; extinction ratio; silicon-silica hybrid thermooptic switch; ultraviolet laser trimming technique; Extinction ratio; Heating; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Silicon compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th
  • Conference_Location
    Sapporo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6785-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5588243
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=528124