• 文献标题:   Proposal for a 2 x 2 Optical Switch Based on Graphene-Silicon-Waveguide Microring
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YANG LZ, HU T, SHEN A, PEI CY, LI Y, DAI TG, YU H, LI YB, JIANG XQ, YANG JY
  • 作者关键词:   graphenesiliconwaveguide, 2x2 switch, highextinctionratio
  • 出版物名称:   IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1041-1135 EI 1941-0174
  • 通讯作者地址:   Inst Microelect Optoelect
  • 被引频次:   17
  • DOI:   10.1109/LPT.2013.2291012
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

We propose a new method to change the resonant status of the microring by modifying the light-absorption ability of the waveguide. A conception of a 2 x 2 microring switch based on the graphene-silicon-waveguide is presented by inserting a single graphene flake inside the lateral slot waveguide. The resonance procedure of the microring is thoroughly blocked when the graphene is tuned to be a zero-permittivity material, which significantly enhances the waveguide's loss. Neither a high quality factor nor a large driving voltage of the microring is needed. According to the numerical analysis, an extinction ratio for > 50 dB is obtained in the drop port with a broad bandwidth. The extinction ratio in the through port is 34 dB. The radius of the microring is 5.1 mu m and the driving voltage is 2.38 V.