Enhanced efficiency thermo-optic phase-shifter using multi-mode-interference device
Enhanced efficiency thermo-optic phase-shifter using multi-mode-interference device
We experimentally demonstrate 29.6% power reduction in thermo-optic based Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) (compared to conventional devices) by using multi-mode region of 2x2 Multi-Mode-Interferometer (MMI) as the modulation region. The reported devices show minimal insertion loss penalty compared to generic devices and no additional fabrication complexity.
multi-mode-interference device, power efficiency, thermo-optic-phase shifter
Pant, Bharat
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Zhang, Weiwei
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Tran, Denh
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Banakar, Mehdi
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Du, Han
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Yan, Xingzhao
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Littlejohns, Callum G.
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Reed, Graham T.
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Thomson, David J.
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September 2020
Pant, Bharat
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Zhang, Weiwei
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Tran, Denh
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Banakar, Mehdi
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Du, Han
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Yan, Xingzhao
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Littlejohns, Callum G.
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Pant, Bharat, Zhang, Weiwei, Tran, Denh, Banakar, Mehdi, Du, Han, Yan, Xingzhao, Littlejohns, Callum G., Reed, Graham T. and Thomson, David J.
(2020)
Enhanced efficiency thermo-optic phase-shifter using multi-mode-interference device.
In Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC).
IEEE.
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(doi:10.1109/IPC47351.2020.9252212).
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Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate 29.6% power reduction in thermo-optic based Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) (compared to conventional devices) by using multi-mode region of 2x2 Multi-Mode-Interferometer (MMI) as the modulation region. The reported devices show minimal insertion loss penalty compared to generic devices and no additional fabrication complexity.
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Published date: September 2020
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David J. Thomson acknowledges funding from Royal Society for his University Research Fellowship.
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2020 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2020, , Virtual, Vancouver, Canada, 2020-09-28 - 2020-10-01
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multi-mode-interference device, power efficiency, thermo-optic-phase shifter
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Bharat Pant
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Weiwei Zhang
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Denh Tran
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Mehdi Banakar
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Han Du
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Xingzhao Yan
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Callum G. Littlejohns
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Graham T. Reed
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David J. Thomson
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