Reconfigurable silicon thermo-optical ring resonator switch based on Vernier effect control

Opt Express. 2012 Jun 18;20(13):14722-33. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.014722.

Abstract

A proof-of-concept for a new and entirely CMOS compatible thermo-optic reconfigurable switch based on a coupled ring resonator structure is experimentally demonstrated in this paper. Preliminary results show that a single optical device is capable of combining several functionalities, such as tunable filtering, non-blocking switching and reconfigurability, in a single device with compact footprint (~50 μm x 30 μm).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Optical Devices*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
  • Thermography / instrumentation*
  • Transducers*