Liquid crystal claddings for passive temperature stabilization of silicon photonics

Joanna N. Ptasinski; Iam-Choon Khoo; Yeshaiahu Fainman

doi:10.1117/12.2058515

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7 October 2014 Liquid crystal claddings for passive temperature stabilization of silicon photonics

Joanna N. Ptasinski, Iam-Choon Khoo, Yeshaiahu Fainman

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Proceedings Volume 9182, Liquid Crystals XVIII; 91820W (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2058515
Event: SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Silicon photonics allows for high density component integration on a single chip and it brings promise for low-loss, high-bandwidth data processing in modern computing systems. Owing to silicon’s high positive thermo-optic coefficient, temperature fluctuations tend to degrade the device performance. This work explores passive thermal stabilization of silicon photonic devices using nematic liquid crystal (NLC) claddings, as they possess large negative thermo-optic coefficients in addition to low absorption at the telecommunication wavelengths.

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Joanna N. Ptasinski, Iam-Choon Khoo, and Yeshaiahu Fainman "Liquid crystal claddings for passive temperature stabilization of silicon photonics", Proc. SPIE 9182, Liquid Crystals XVIII, 91820W (7 October 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2058515

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