Fabrication of MZI optical switch using Ferroelectric liquid crystal and Si rib waveguide

Kazuki Uchihashi; Yoshiki Hayama; Katsumi Nakatsuhara; Masayuki Takeda

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3 Optics and Photonics » 3.14 Silicon photonics and integrated photonics (formerly 3.15)

[21p-A205-1~21] 3.14 Silicon photonics and integrated photonics (formerly 3.15)

Wed. Sep 21, 2022 1:00 PM - 6:45 PM A205 (A205)

Makoto Okano(AIST), Shota Kita(NTT), Hirohito Yamada(Tohoku Univ)

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

△ [21p-A205-15] Fabrication of MZI optical switch using Ferroelectric liquid crystal and Si rib waveguide

〇Kazuki Uchihashi¹, Yoshiki Hayama¹, Katsumi Nakatsuhara¹, Masayuki Takeda¹ (1.KAIT)

Keywords:optical switches, ferro electric liquid crystal, silicon photonics

We fabricated an MZI type optical switch using narrow Si waveguides and ferroelectric liquid crystal cladding. The wavelength characteristic shift of the fabricated device was obtained.