Observation of micromechanically controlled tuning of photonic crystal line-defect waveguide
2005; American Institute of Physics; Volume: 88; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1063/1.2159570
ISSN1520-8842
AutoresSatoshi Iwamoto, Satomi Ishida, Yasuhiko Arakawa, Masatoshi Tokushima, Akiko Gomyo, Hirohito Yamada, Akio Higo, Hiroshi Toshiyoshi, Hiroyuki Fujita,
Tópico(s)Optical Coatings and Gratings
ResumoWe fabricated a photonic crystal (PC) line-defect waveguide integrated with a microelectromechanical actuator and demonstrated the optical switching operation. The device consisted of a PC line-defect waveguide fabricated in a silicon-on-insulator substrate and a polycrystalline-Si dielectric plate located above the PC waveguide. An applied voltage moved the dielectric plate towards the PC surface due to the electrostatic force. This motion increased out-of-plane scattering of the guided light through the evanescent interaction with the dielectric plate, and modulated the transmittance of the PC waveguide. With only a 5μm interaction length, an extinction ratio of ∼10dB was obtained at a wavelength of 1568nm under an applied voltage of 60V. The response time of the switching operation was approximately 1ms.
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