Title :
Low-power electro-optical switch based on a iii-v microdisk cavity on a silicon-on-insulator circuit
Author :
Liu, Liu ; Roelkens, Günther ; Spuesens, Thijs ; Soref, Richard ; Regreny, Philippe ; Thourhout, Dries Van ; Baets, Roel
Author_Institution :
Photonics Research Group, Department of Information Technology (INTEC), Ghent University-IMEC, St-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000, Belgium
Abstract :
We introduce a compact, low-power electro-optical switch on a silicon-on-insulator circuit through heterogeneous integration. A 10µm diameter III–V microdisk cavity is employed as the switching element. Switching of a 10Gbps optical signal is demonstrated by sweeping the bias between −1.1V and +0.9V with 15dB extinction ratio and 1.2ns switching speed.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductor materials; Optical interconnections; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical ring resonators; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Silicon on insulator technology; Switching circuits; carrier injection; electro-optic switch; heterogeneous integration; microdisk resonator; optical interconnect; silicon-on-insulator;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai, China
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
