TUNABLE WAVELENGTH-SELECTION SWITCH AND MULTIPLEXER DEMULTIPLEXER BASED ON ASYMMETRIC SILICA-ON-SILICON MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER/

Authors
LAI Q LANKER M HUNZIKER W MELCHIOR H
Citation
Q. Lai et al., TUNABLE WAVELENGTH-SELECTION SWITCH AND MULTIPLEXER DEMULTIPLEXER BASED ON ASYMMETRIC SILICA-ON-SILICON MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER/, Electronics Letters, 34(3), 1998, pp. 266-267
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
266 - 267
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1998)34:3<266:TWSAMD>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Wavelength multi/demultiplexers with 1 nm spacing have been realised w ith an asymmetric 2 x 2 Mach-Zehnder interferometer in silica-on-silic on. Heating one arm of the interferometer allows for wavelength tuning or wavelength switching of the outputs. Switching or tuning over 1 nm is achieved with only 95mW within rise and fall times added to of 150 and 220 mu s, respectively. Tuning and switching can be separated, as temperature changes in the substrate also result in wavelength shifts .