[CThP12D] Hybrid Material Integration for Silicon Photonics II

[CThP12D-02] Experimental demonstration of all optical switching using nonlinear multimode interference coupler fabricated with Ta₂O₅ thin film

*Yuan-Yao Lin¹, Shih-Er Yang¹, Yu-Lin Deng¹, Chao-Kuei Lee¹, Yi-Ren Chiu¹ (1. National Sun Yat-sen University (Taiwan))

[Presentation Style] Online

Multimode interference (MMI) couplers were fabricated by Tantalum pentoxide (Ta2O5) thin film grown with e-beam evaporation routes. All optical switching based on nonlinear MMI was experimentally demonstrated under ps laser pulse at sub-nJ energy level.