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Tunable Directional Couplers in a Scalable Piezo-MEMS Platform

  • Y. Henry Wen
  • , Julia Boyle
  • , Matthew Zimmermann
  • , Andrew J. Leenheer
  • , Roman Shugayev
  • , Mark Dong
  • , Genevieve Clark
  • , Gerald Gilbert
  • , Matt Eichenfield
  • , Dirk R. Englund

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Abstract

Tunable directional couplers (TDC) are basic building-blocks for photonic processors and controllers. We demonstrate a 2x2 TDC via piezo-actuated gap tuning between two evanescently-coupled waveguides exhibiting 20 dB bar-to-cross tuning and response beyond 500 MHz.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFrontiers in Optics
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2023, FiO, LS 2023
PublisherOptical Society of America
ISBN (Electronic)9781957171296
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes
EventFrontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2023, FiO, LS 203: Part of Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2023 - Tacoma, United States
Duration: Oct 9 2023Oct 12 2023

Publication series

NameFrontiers in Optics: Proceedings Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2023, FiO, LS 2023

Conference

ConferenceFrontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2023, FiO, LS 203: Part of Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityTacoma
Period10/9/2310/12/23

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