Low Power Consumption Polymer&#x002F;Silica Hybrid Thermo-Optic Switch Based on Racetrack Resonator

Yuexin Yin; Yue Li; Mengke Yao; Xinyu Lv; Jiaqi Liang; Yuanda Wu; Daming Zhang

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2022.3179496

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2022)

Low Power Consumption Polymer/Silica Hybrid Thermo-Optic Switch Based on Racetrack Resonator

Yuexin Yin,
Yue Li,
Mengke Yao,
Xinyu Lv,
Jiaqi Liang,
Yuanda Wu,
Daming Zhang

Affiliations

Yuexin Yin: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China
Yue Li: State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China
Mengke Yao: State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China
Xinyu Lv: State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China
Jiaqi Liang: State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China
Yuanda Wu: College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Daming Zhang: ORCiD; State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2022.3179496
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 4
pp. 1 – 6

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Large scale integration of photonics devices requires low power consumption devices. In this paper, we demonstrate a low power consumption polymer/silica hybrid thermo-optic switch based on racetrack resonator. With the high index-contrast between SU-8 core, silica buffer and PMMA cladding, a compact racetrack resonator with a small bending radius of 120 μm and a coupling length of 1765 μm is fabricated through simple and low-cost contact lithography technology. An extinction ratio of 16.83 dB is achieved while the power consumption applied is 14.69 mW. The energy efficiency of the switch is 12.07 pm/mW. The rise/fall time the switch is 174 μs/182 μs.

Published in IEEE Photonics Journal

ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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