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OPTICS LETTERS
Volume 38, Issue 6, Pages 863-865Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OL.38.000863
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- Italian PRIN project Shared Access Platform to Photonic Integrated Resources (SAPPHIRE)
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A compact directional coupler fabricated on a silicon photonic platform is presented, with a power-splitting ratio that can be tuned through a transverse temperature gradient induced by a laterally shifted integrated heater. The tuning mechanism exploits the thermally induced phase velocity mismatch between the coupled modes of the silicon waveguides. The positions of the integrated heater and the waveguide design are optimized to maximize the tuning range and to reduce electric power consumption. Asynchronous devices with an intrinsic phase mismatch are demonstrated to be more efficient, providing a tunable coupled power from 0.7 to 0.01 with 36 mW maximum power dissipation. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
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