• DocumentCode
    2662633
  • Title

    Beating the Heat: Controlling Thermal Effects in Plasma Dispersion Tuned SOI Waveguide Devices

  • Author

    Waldron, P.D. ; Panesar, H. ; Tarr, N.G. ; Smy, T.J. ; Jessop, P.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng. Phys., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont.
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    13-15 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    258
  • Lastpage
    260
  • Abstract
    Numerical solution of the semiconductor and heat flow equations is used to show that fast plasma dispersion tuning of bipolar SOI waveguide devices can be made to dominate over slower thermooptic tuning by using shallow, polysilicon-contacted n+ and p+ regions of minimum area, and placing these regions away from the waveguide rib. Experimental results for a plasma dispersion tuned Mach Zehnder interferometer switch are used to illustrate this design approach
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical switches; optical tuning; optical waveguide components; rib waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; thermo-optical devices; Mach Zehnder interferometer switch; Si-SiO2; bipolar SOI waveguide devices; heat flow equation; plasma dispersion tuning; thermal effects; waveguide rib; Dispersion; Optical interferometry; Optical tuning; Optical waveguides; Plasma devices; Plasma waves; Radiative recombination; Semiconductor waveguides; Switches; Temperature control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics, 2006. 3rd IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Ottawa, Ont.
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0096-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2006.1708232
  • Filename
    1708232
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2662633