DocumentCode :
1794071
Title :
Small-sized Mach-Zehnder interferometer optical switch using thin film Ge2Sb2Te5 phase-change material
Author :
Moriyama, Takumi ; Kawashima, Hitoshi ; Kuwahara, Masashi ; Xiaomin Wang ; Asakura, Hideaki ; Tsuda, Hiroyuki
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
fYear :
2014
fDate :
9-13 March 2014
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
3
Abstract :
Small-sized Mach-Zehnder Interferometer optical switch using Ge2Sb2Te5 thin films was fabricated. Two thin films of 1-μm-square were sufficient for switching. The switching operation was successfully demonstrated by pulsed laser irradiation.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; germanium compounds; optical fabrication; optical films; optical materials; optical switches; phase change materials; ternary semiconductors; Ge2Sb2Te5; Ge2Sb2Te5 thin films; pulsed laser irradiation; small-sized Mach-Zehnder interferometer optical switch; switching operation; thin film Ge2Sb2Te5 phase-change material; Optical device fabrication; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Phase change materials; Silicon;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Tu3E.4
Filename :
6886949
Link To Document :
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