Post-fabrication phase trimming of Mach–Zehnder interferometers by laser annealing of germanium implanted waveguides

Xia Chen; Milan M. Milosevic; David J. Thomson; Ali Z. Khokhar; Yohann Franz; Antoine F. J. Runge; Sakellaris Mailis; Anna C. Peacock; Graham T. Reed

doi:10.1364/PRJ.5.000578

Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 6, 578(2017)

Post-fabrication phase trimming of Mach–Zehnder interferometers by laser annealing of germanium implanted waveguides

Xia Chen^*, Milan M. Milosevic, David J. Thomson, Ali Z. Khokhar, Yohann Franz, Antoine F. J. Runge, Sakellaris Mailis, Anna C. Peacock, and Graham T. Reed

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Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK

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Xia Chen, Milan M. Milosevic, David J. Thomson, Ali Z. Khokhar, Yohann Franz, Antoine F. J. Runge, Sakellaris Mailis, Anna C. Peacock, Graham T. Reed, "Post-fabrication phase trimming of Mach–Zehnder interferometers by laser annealing of germanium implanted waveguides," Photonics Res. 5, 578 (2017)

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Category: Silicon Photonics

Received: Jun. 28, 2017

Accepted: Sep. 11, 2017

Published Online: Dec. 7, 2017

The Author Email: Xia Chen (xia.chen@soton.ac.uk)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000578

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