Title :
High contrast and power-efficient thermally-controlled optical switch on Silicon-on-Insulator
Author :
Zheng Han ; Moille, Gregory ; Checoury, Xavier ; Bourderionnet, Jerome ; Lehoucq, Gaelle ; Boucaud, Philippe ; de Rossi, Alfredo ; Combrie, Sylvain
Author_Institution :
Inst. d´Electron. Fondamentale, Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
Abstract :
A low-loss and fast optical switch is demonstrated on Silicon-on-Insulator. Low insertion losses (6dB), a large dynamic contrast (30dB) and a wide tuning range (6nm) are achieved with an operating electric power consumption in the milliwatt range.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical losses; optical switches; optical tuning; silicon-on-insulator; Si; dynamic contrast; electric power consumption; fast optical switch; high contrast; insertion losses; low-loss optical switch; milliwatt range; power-efficient thermally-controlled optical switch; silicon-on-insulator; wide tuning range; Optical losses; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Photonics; Silicon-on-insulator; Transfer functions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
