Efficient and compact thermo-optic phase shifter in silicon-rich silicon nitride.

Autor: Nejadriahi H, Pappert S, Fainman Y, Yu P
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Optics letters [Opt Lett] 2021 Sep 15; Vol. 46 (18), pp. 4646-4649.
DOI: 10.1364/OL.431757
Abstrakt: The design, fabrication, and characterization of low-loss ultra-compact bends in high-index ( n =3.1 at λ =1550 n m ) plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition silicon-rich silicon nitride (SRN) were demonstrated and utilized to realize efficient, small footprint thermo-optic phase shifter. Compact bends were structured into a folded waveguide geometry to form a rectangular spiral within an area of 65×65µ m 2 , having a total active waveguide length of 1.2 mm. The device featured a phase-shifting efficiency of 8 m W / π and a 3 dB switching bandwidth of 15 KHz. We propose SRN as a promising thermo-optic platform that combines the properties of silicon and stoichiometric silicon nitride.
Databáze: MEDLINE