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O-band N-rich silicon nitride MZI based on GST

O-band N-rich silicon nitride MZI based on GST
O-band N-rich silicon nitride MZI based on GST
We have experimentally demonstrated an O-band Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) based on an N-rich silicon nitride platform combined with Ge2Sb2Te5 for future optical communication applications. The device operation relies on controlling the waveguide's losses using a phase change material cell, which can be changed from amorphous (low-loss) to crystalline (high-loss). An extinction ratio as high as 11 dB was obtained between the amorphous (ON) and the crystalline (OFF) states of the MZI optical building block. The insertion loss of the MZI structure per cell unit length was measured to be as high as 0.87 dB/μm in the OFF state and as low as 0.064 dB/μm in the ON state for TM polarization.
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Faneca Ruedas, Joaquin
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Gardes, Frederic
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Faneca Ruedas, Joaquin, Domínguez Bucio, Thalia, Gardes, Frederic and Baldycheva, Anna (2020) O-band N-rich silicon nitride MZI based on GST. Applied Physics Letters, 116 (9), 93502, [093502]. (doi:10.1063/1.5140350).

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We have experimentally demonstrated an O-band Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) based on an N-rich silicon nitride platform combined with Ge2Sb2Te5 for future optical communication applications. The device operation relies on controlling the waveguide's losses using a phase change material cell, which can be changed from amorphous (low-loss) to crystalline (high-loss). An extinction ratio as high as 11 dB was obtained between the amorphous (ON) and the crystalline (OFF) states of the MZI optical building block. The insertion loss of the MZI structure per cell unit length was measured to be as high as 0.87 dB/μm in the OFF state and as low as 0.064 dB/μm in the ON state for TM polarization.

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Accepted/In Press date: 18 February 2020
Published date: 6 March 2020
Additional Information: Funding Information: We acknowledge financial support from The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of the United Kingdom via the EPSRC (Grant Nos. EP/L015331/1, EP/N035569/ 1, EP/N013247/1, EP/L021129/1, and EP/R003076/1) and the EU Project ID 688516 COSMICC. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Author(s).

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Local EPrints ID: 438515
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/438515
ISSN: 0003-6951
PURE UUID: db593e75-cef1-4972-b715-2494ef35b333
ORCID for Thalia Domínguez Bucio: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3664-1403
ORCID for Frederic Gardes: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1400-3272

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Date deposited: 12 Mar 2020 17:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 05:24

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Author: Joaquin Faneca Ruedas
Author: Frederic Gardes ORCID iD
Author: Anna Baldycheva

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