[19p-PA3-1~9] 3.15 Silicon photonics

[19p-PA3-7] Simultaneous High-speed and Polarization-Independent Switching Operation of Silicon 2x2 Mach-Zehnder-Type Optical Switch

〇(M2)Kana Shimizu¹, Tomohiro Shirai¹, Yuichi Matsushima², Hiroshi Ishikawa¹, Katsuyuki Utaka¹ (1.Waseda Univ., 2.GCS Waseda Univ.)

Keywords:Optical switch, Silicon

We developed simultaneous high-speed and polarization-independent operation of a 2x2 silicon Mach- Zehnder-type optical switch (MZ-OS). It realized a low switching current of about 5mA with a switching time of about 3 ns.