Electronics Letters · 1994 · 84 citations · 3 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMaterials ScienceOptical MaterialsOpticsPhotonicsElectro-optic MaterialsIntegrated OpticsOptical SwitchingOptical WaveguidesPhotonic Integrated CircuitsSilicon PhotonicsIntegrated Optical SwitchesMach-zehnder InterferometersOptical SwitchesPhotonic SwitchesRise TimeThermo-optic Switching
The realisation of a thermo-optical Mach-Zehnder interferometer switch based on SOI (silicon-on-insulator) material is reported. At a wavelength of 1.3 µm, on-off ratios of 13 dB (TE) aud 9 dB (TM) are achieved with a switching power of 150 mW. The measured rise time is 5 µs.
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Thin-film thermo-optic GexSi_1−x Mach–Zehnder interferometer
Robert A. Mayer, Keun‐Hwa Jung, W. D. Lee et al. · Optics Letters · 1992 · 22 citations