• 文献标题:   Graphene-Based Floating-Gate Nonvolatile Optical Switch
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI Y, YU H, DAI TG, JIANG JF, WANG GC, YANG LZ, WANG WJ, YANG JY, JIANG XQ
  • 作者关键词:   integrated optic, nonvolatile, floating gate, graphene, optical switch
  • 出版物名称:   IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1041-1135 EI 1941-0174
  • 通讯作者地址:   Zhejiang Univ
  • 被引频次:   10
  • DOI:   10.1109/LPT.2015.2494876
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We proposed a nonvolatile optical waveguide switch by utilizing a floating-gate (FG) configuration whose FG layer is a single-layer graphene. The switching signal can be removed after the optical switching is accomplished. The propagation state of light then can be retained by charges trapped in the graphene layer until the next erasing signal. Depending on waveforms of driving signals, the device can work as either a phase shifter or an intensity switch. In the phase shifter mode, a 646-mu m-long device can achieve a phase shift of pi. Corresponding energy consumptions to program/erase, the pi phase shift is 82.8 and 118.2 pJ, respectively. In the intensity switch mode, a 328-mu m-long device is able to attenuate the light by 20 dB. Energies consumed by the programming and the erasing operations are 35.7 and 45.4 pJ, respectively.