[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)

キーワード：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.