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Integrated photonic MEMS switch for visible light

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Alperen Gövdeli *
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Hong Chen
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Saeed Sharif Azadeh
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John N. Straguzzi
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Hongyao Chua
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Guo‐Qiang Lo
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Joyce K. S. Poon
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Wesley D. Sacher *
DOI:10.1364/OE.539485delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Visible-light integrated photonics serve applications inaccessible to conventional (C- and O-band) silicon photonics, including trapped-ion and neutral atom quantum experiments, biophotonics, and displays. Despite demonstrations of increasingly advanced functionalities and levels of integration, the development of low-power, monolithically integrated, visible-light switches and phase shifters remains an outstanding challenge. Here, we demonstrate an integrated photonic, electrostatic MEMS-actuated Mach-Zehnder interferometer optical switch for the visible spectrum. The device operated with an extinction ratio of 7.2 dB and optical loss of 2.5 dB at a wavelength of 540 nm. The measured 10-90% rise (fall) times were 5 (28) mu s, and a low static power dissipation of about 0.5 nW was achieved. The dynamic power dissipation at a 30 kHz switching frequency was estimated to be < 70 W.
Keywords:
SLOT WAVE-GUIDE
PHASE-SHIFTER
PROBES

Journal

Optics Express cover
Optics Express
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3.3
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6.1W
Citations:
14.3W

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Max Planck Society
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8.2W
Papers: 7.7W
Citations: 3.3W