Title :
Low-driving-current InGaAsP photonic-wire optical switches using III–V CMOS photonics platform
Author :
Ikku, Yuki ; Yokoyama, Masafumi ; Ichikawa, Osamu ; Hata, Masaharu ; Takenaka, Mitsuru ; Takagi, Shinichi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Syst., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Electrically-driven Mach-Zehnder interferometer type InGaAsP photonic-wire optical switches using III-V CMOS photonics platform have been demonstrated. Optical switching with 10 dB extinction ratio was achieved with driving current of 200 μA.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; indium compounds; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical switches; CMOS photonics platform; InGaAsP; current 200 muA; electrically-driven Mach-Zehnder interferometer; low-driving-current; photonic-wire optical switches; CMOS integrated circuits; Optical device fabrication; Optical refraction; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
