摘要
Modulation arms with different widths are introduced to Mach-Zehnder interferometers （MZIs） to obtain improved performance. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulation have shown that when tile widths of tile two arms are properly designed to achieve an inherent mπ/2 （m is an odd integer） optical phase difference between the arms, the asymmetric MZI presents higher modulation speed. Furthermore, the carrier-absorption induced divergence of insertion losses in silicon-on-insulator （SOI） based MZI optical switches can be obviously improved.
Modulation arms with different widths are introduced to Mach-Zehnder interferometers （MZIs） to obtain improved performance. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulation have shown that when tile widths of tile two arms are properly designed to achieve an inherent mπ/2 （m is an odd integer） optical phase difference between the arms, the asymmetric MZI presents higher modulation speed. Furthermore, the carrier-absorption induced divergence of insertion losses in silicon-on-insulator （SOI） based MZI optical switches can be obviously improved.
基金
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 60336010, and the Special Funds for Major State Basic Research Project of China under Grant No G20000366.
