The temperature dependence of silicon-on-insulator thermo-optic attenuators is analysed, which originates from the temperature dependence of characteristics of multimode interference. The attenuator depth and power co...The temperature dependence of silicon-on-insulator thermo-optic attenuators is analysed, which originates from the temperature dependence of characteristics of multimode interference. The attenuator depth and power consumption are independent of temperature while the insertion loss depends on the temperature heavily. The variation of the insertion loss decreases from 4.3 dB to i dB as the temperature increases from 273K to 343K.展开更多
基金Supported in part by the National Key Basic Research Special Foundation of China under Grant No G2000-03-66, and the National High Technology Programme of China under Grant No 2002AA312060, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 60336010.
文摘The temperature dependence of silicon-on-insulator thermo-optic attenuators is analysed, which originates from the temperature dependence of characteristics of multimode interference. The attenuator depth and power consumption are independent of temperature while the insertion loss depends on the temperature heavily. The variation of the insertion loss decreases from 4.3 dB to i dB as the temperature increases from 273K to 343K.
