• 文献标题:   Enhanced all-optical cavity-tuning using graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DASH A, PALANCHOKE U, GELY M, JOURDAN G, HENTZ S, SELVARAJA SK, NAIK A
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  • 出版物名称:   OPTICS EXPRESS
  • ISSN:   1094-4087
  • 通讯作者地址:   Indian Inst Sci
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1364/OE.27.034093
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

All-optical tuning of the resonance of an optical cavity is used to realise optical signal-processing including modulation, switching, and signal-routing. The tuning of optical resonance is dictated by the two primary effects induced by optical absorption: charge-carrier-generation and heat-generation. Since these two effects shift the resonance in opposite directions in a pure silicon-on-insulator (SOI) micro-ring resonator as well as in a graphene-on-SOI system, the efficiency and the dynamic range of all-optical resonance-tuning is limited. In this work, in a graphene-oxide-silicon waveguide system, we demonstrate an exceptional resonance-tuning-efficiency of 300 pm/mW (0.055 pi/mW), with a large dynamic range of 1.2 nm (0.22 pi) from linear resonance to optical bistability. The dynamics of the resonance-tuning indicates that the superior resonance-tuning is due to large linear-absorption-induced thermo-optic effect. Competing free-carrier dispersion is suppressed as a result of the large separation between graphene and the silicon core. This work reveals new ways to improve the performance of graphene-on-waveguide systems in all-optical cavity-tuning, low-frequency all-optical modulation, and switching. (C) 2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement