• DocumentCode
    733425
  • 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
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183864