Wavelength-selective 2 × 2 optical switch based on a Ge2Sb2Te5-assisted microring

Changping Zhang; Ming Zhang; Yiwei Xie; Yaocheng Shi; Rajesh Kumar; Roberto R. Panepucci; Daoxin Dai

doi:10.1364/PRJ.393513

Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 7, 1171(2020)

Wavelength-selective 2 × 2 optical switch based on a Ge₂Sb₂Te₅-assisted microring

Changping Zhang¹, Ming Zhang^1,2, Yiwei Xie^1,2,5、*, Yaocheng Shi^1,2, Rajesh Kumar³, Roberto R. Panepucci⁴, and Daoxin Dai^1,2,6、*

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory for Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Optical & Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

²Ningbo Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315100, China

³Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247 667 Uttarakhand, India

⁴Centro de Tecnologia da Informação Renato Archer-CTI, Rodovia Dom Pedro I, km 143,6, Campinas 13069-901, São Paulo, Brazil

⁵e-mail: yiweixie@zju.edu.cn

⁶e-mail: dxdai@zju.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Silicon Photonics

Received: Mar. 25, 2020

Accepted: May. 21, 2020

Published Online: Jun. 15, 2020

The Author Email: Yiwei Xie (yiweixie@zju.edu.cn), Daoxin Dai (dxdai@zju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.393513

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