Comparing Rib and Slot Waveguides for Phase-Change Material Devices in SOI Platforms

Clement Zrounba (1) , Raphael Cardoso (1) , Mohab Abdalla (1) , Sébastien Cueff (2) , Alberto Bosio (1) , Sébastien Le Beux (1, 3) , Xavier Letartre (2) , Ian O'Connor (4) , Fabio Pavanello (1, 2)

1 INL - CSH - INL - Conception de Systèmes Hétérogènes
2 INL - I-Lum - INL - Ingénierie et conversion de lumière (i-Lum)
3 ECE - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department [Concordia]
4 INL - Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon

We introduce a novel design for integrated phase-change material devices. A figure-of-merit is introduced to quantify the improvement of the proposed design over previous implementations. Additionally, the significance of non-linear effects is discussed.

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Clement Zrounba, Raphael Cardoso, Mohab Abdalla, Sébastien Cueff, Alberto Bosio, et al.. Comparing Rib and Slot Waveguides for Phase-Change Material Devices in SOI Platforms. 2022 Advanced Photonics Congress, Jul 2022, Maastricht, France. ⟨hal-03760064⟩