Unlocking Versatile and Non-Volatile Bandwidth Tunability in Silicon Photonic Contra-Directional-Coupler-Based Filter Devices
Konferenz: ECOC 2024 - 50th European Conference on Optical Communication
22.09.2024-26.09.2024 in Frankfurt, Germany
Tagungsband: ITG-Fb. 317: ECOC 2024
Seiten: 4Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF
Autoren:
Tunesi, Lorenzo; Mahdian, Mohammad Amin; Shafiee, Amin; Curri, Vittorio; Carena, Andrea; Bardella, Paolo; Nikdast, Mahdi
Inhalt:
We present a novel bandwidth control mechanism using phase-change materials (Sb2Se3) to enable wide-bandwidth tunability in silicon photonic grating-assisted contra-directional couplers. The bandwidth dynamic range, obtained using experimentally validated simulation models, is 9.1nm, surpassing the 3.2nm achievable with conventional thermal control methods.