Large tuning of birefringence in two strip silicon waveguides via optomechanical motion

被引：17

作者：

Ma, Jing ^{[1
]}

Povinelli, Michelle L. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ So Calif, Ming Hsieh Dept Elect Engn, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2009年 / 17卷 / 20期

关键词：

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; POLARIZATION ROTATION; MICRORING RESONATORS; CONFINING LIGHT; SLOW-LIGHT; FORCES; CAVITY; FIBER; ENHANCEMENT; RESONANCES;

D O I：

10.1364/OE.17.017818

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We present an optomechanical method to tune phase and group birefringence in parallel silicon strip waveguides. We first calculate the deformation of suspended, parallel strip waveguides due to optical forces. We optimize the frequency and polarization of the pump light to obtain a 9nm deformation for an optical power of 20mW. Widely tunable phase and group birefringence can be achieved by varying the pump power, with maximum values of 0.026 and 0.13, respectively. The giant phase birefringence allows linear to circular polarization conversion within 30 mu m for a pump power of 67mW. The group birefringence gives a tunable differential group delay of 6fs between orthogonal polarizations. We also evaluate the tuning performance of waveguides with different cross sections. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：17818 / 17828

页数：11

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