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3x2 integrated microphotonic switches
Baojun Li, Soo Chua Jin, Eugene Fitzgerald A, , Shaoji Jiang, Zhigang Cai
Published in SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
2005
Volume: 5625
   
Issue: PART 2
Pages: 785 - 792
Abstract
A microphotonic switch with three input waveguides and two output waveguides and integrated with an optical power splitter has been proposed. It is fabricated on the multimode interference principle in Si-based SiGe material system and configured for a 3 × 2 symmetrical structure of the three input waveguides and the two output waveguides of the device. The central waveguide section is based on a multimode interference and incorporated with an activated carrier injection element. The operating wavelengths of the device are specially designed for 1545, 1550, and 1555 nm conventional-band wavelengths. The measured crosstalk is at around -17 dB and the average insertion loss is about 2.3 dB. At switch-ON state, the measured injection current is 370 mA corresponding to an injection current density of 950 A/cm2.
About the journal
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
PublisherSPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
ISSN0277786X
Open AccessNo