3x2 integrated microphotonic switches

Baojun Li; Soo Jin Chua; Eugene A. Fitzgerald; Bharat S. Chaudhari; Shaoji Jiang; Zhigang Cai

doi:10.1117/12.566426

11 February 2005 3x2 integrated microphotonic switches

Baojun Li, Soo Jin Chua, Eugene A. Fitzgerald, Bharat S. Chaudhari, Shaoji Jiang, Zhigang Cai

Proceedings Volume 5625, Optical Transmission, Switching, and Subsystems II; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.566426
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 2004, Beijing, China

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 3x2 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.

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Baojun Li, Soo Jin Chua, Eugene A. Fitzgerald, Bharat S. Chaudhari, Shaoji Jiang, and Zhigang Cai "3x2 integrated microphotonic switches", Proc. SPIE 5625, Optical Transmission, Switching, and Subsystems II, (11 February 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.566426

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