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SUMMARY:Leveraging Optical Phase Change Materials on Silicon Photonic Devices -- Prof. Sharon Weiss
DESCRIPTION:Departmental Colloquium. Silicon photonics is considered to be the leading platform to achieve faster data transfer speeds on-chip. However, the weak electro-optic coefficient of silicon limits the maximum achievable single channel data rates. A hybrid solution consisting of a silicon photonic backbone and an incorporated optical phase change material that provides improved optical functionality may provide the solution for realizing broadband, low power, small footprint on-chip photonic devices capable of achieving record modulation speed. In this presentation, we discuss theoretical and experimental work integrating vanadium dioxide in electro-optic and all-optical silicon photonic devices. Future directions will also be discussed.
LOCATION:Physics Auditorium (202)
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