Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 41, Issue 17, 1723001(2021)

Reconfigurable Mode Multiplexer Waveguide Switch Based on Phase Change Material

Yuanshuai Lü1,2, Chenggen Wang1,2, Wei Yuan1,2, Guiju Zhang1,2、*, and Kaiyue Qi3、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, China
  • 2Key Lab of Advanced Optical Manufacture Technologies of Jiangsu Province & Key Lab of Modern Optical Technologies of Education Ministry of China, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, China;
  • 3School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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    1×2 mode multiplexer switch. (a) Schematic of structure; (b) top view; (c) front view
    Relationship between tilt angle of waveguide WG-g and normalized output power of 1×2 switch
    Relationship between wavelength and different parameters of GSST films in different phase states
    Performance curves and mode field distribution of silicon waveguide. (a) Relationship between effective refractive index and width of silicon waveguide; (b) mode field distribution of TM0 mode; (c) mode field distribution of TM1 mode
    Performance curve and mode field distribution of composite waveguide. (a) Relationship between effective refractive index of TM0 mode and thickness of GSST film; (b) mode field distribution of TM0 mode
    Optical field intensity distribution of supermode in directional waveguide couplers. (a) Optical field intensity distribution of even supermode; (b) optical field intensity distribution of odd supermode
    2×2 multiplexer switch. (a) Top view; (b) cross-section of coupling region
    Optical field intensity distribution of supermode in triple directional waveguide couplers. (a) Optical field intensity distribution of TM0-A supermode; (b) optical field intensity distribution of TM0-B supermode; (c) optical field intensity distribution of TM0-C supermode
    Dispersion curves of different supermodes in triple waveguide. (a) Variation curves of effective index with width of composite waveguide; (b) variation curve of normalized power with length of composite waveguide
    Reconfigurable 2×4 mode multiplexer switch. (a) Schematic of structure; (b) top view
    Simulation results of each port of 1×2 mode multiplexer switch. (a) Optical field intensity distribution for amorphous GSST; (b) optical field intensity distribution for crystalline GSST
    Simulation results of each port of 2×2 mode multiplexer switch. (a) Optical field intensity distribution for amorphous GSST; (b) optical field intensity distribution for crystalline GSST
    Simulation output of optical field intensity of each port of 2×4 optical waveguide multiplexing switch under different states of GSST film. (a) I 1-O 1; (b) I 1-O 2; (c) I 1- O 3; (d) I 1-O 4; (e) I 2-O 1; (f) I 2-O 2; (g) I 2-O 3; (h) I 2-O 4
    Relationship among extinction ratio, insertion loss and wavelength of different ports. (a) Extinction ratio and insertion loss of O 1 port; (b) extinction ratio and insertion loss of O 2 port; (c) extinction ratio and insertion loss of O 3 port; (d) extinction ratio and insertion loss of O 4 port
    • Table 1. IL and ER values of corresponding output ports of GSST in 2×4 optical switch in different phase states

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      Table 1. IL and ER values of corresponding output ports of GSST in 2×4 optical switch in different phase states

      InputOutputGSST-1GSST-2GSST-3IL /dBER /dB
      I 1O 1CRAMCR0.6914.20
      I 1O 2CRCRCR1.2213.85
      I 1O 3AMCRCR0.7318.50
      I 1O 4AMCRAM0.3116.38
      I 2O 1AMAMCR0.3116.38
      I 2O 2AMCRCR0.7318.50
      I 2O 3CRCRCR1.2213.85
      I 2O 4CRCRAM0.6914.20
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    Yuanshuai Lü, Chenggen Wang, Wei Yuan, Guiju Zhang, Kaiyue Qi. Reconfigurable Mode Multiplexer Waveguide Switch Based on Phase Change Material[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2021, 41(17): 1723001

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    Category: Optical Devices

    Received: Feb. 22, 2021

    Accepted: Mar. 23, 2021

    Published Online: Sep. 3, 2021

    The Author Email: Zhang Guiju (gjzhang@suda.edu.cn), Qi Kaiyue (tommy?qi@sjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202141.1723001

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