Broadband CMOS-compatible SOI temperature insensitive Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Author(s) -
Peng Xing,
Jaime Viegas
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.23.024098
Subject(s) - interferometry , silicon on insulator , optics , astronomical interferometer , broadband , mach–zehnder interferometer , sensitivity (control systems) , materials science , refractive index , photonics , optoelectronics , silicon , physics , electronic engineering , engineering
We propose an improved design approach for athermal silicon-on-insulator Mach-Zehnder interferometers to extend their spectral range with minimal temperature sensitivity. We demonstrate that the device designed following the improved approach has a near-zero temperature sensitivity (2.5 pm/K) over more than 60 nm spectral range near 1550 nm.
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