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On-chip photonics devices relying on the weak, volatile thermo-optic or electro-optic effects of silicon usually suffer from high insertion loss (IL) and a low refractive index coefficient. In this paper, we designed two novel 1 x 1 and 1 x 2 phase-change optical switches based on a signal-mode Si waveguide integrated with a Ge2Sb2Te5(GST) top clad layer, respectively. The three-state switch including amorphous GST (a-GST), face centered cubic crystalline phase (FCC-GST) and hexagonal crystalline phase (HCP-GST) operated by utilizing the dramatic difference in the optical constants between the amorphous and two crystalline phases of GST. In the case of the 1 x 1 optical switch, an extinction ratio (ER) of 8.9 dB and an extremely low IL of 0.8 dB were achieved using an optimum GST length of only 2 mu m. While for the 1 x 2 optical switch, low ILs in the range of 0.15 similar to 0.35 dB for both 'cross' (a-GST) and 'bar' (FCC-GST and HCP-GST) states were also obtained. Additionally, we found that both ILs and mode losses of the switch with HCP-GST were about half lower than those with FCC-GST, which means FCC-GST could be instituted by HCP-GST in the traditional ovonic switch with the consideration of low loss. This research provides the fundamental understanding for the realization of low loss and non-volatile Si-GST hybrid optical switches, with potential for future communication networks.
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NANOTECHNOLOGY
ISSN: 0957-4484
Year: 2020
Issue: 45
Volume: 31
3 . 5 0 0
JCR@2022
ESI Discipline: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
ESI HC Threshold:169
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WoS CC Cited Count: 6
SCOPUS Cited Count: 6
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30 Days PV: 10