[J3] Photonic Integration Circuits III

[J3-3] Magneto-Optical Microring Switch of Amorphous Silicon Waveguide on Garnet

Best Student Paper Award

〇Toshiya Murai, Yuya Shoji, Nobuhiko Nishiyama, Tetsuya Mizumoto (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Keywords:Silicon photonics, Optical switch, Magneto-optical material, Microring resonator

We experimentally demonstrate a microring-type magneto-optical (MO) switch with a-Si:H waveguides on a garnet substrate. By controlling the direction of the external current induced magnetic field, an extinction ratio of 9 dB was achieved.