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OPTICS LETTERS
Volume 47, Issue 10, Pages 2598-2601Publisher
Optica Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1364/OL.455458
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- H2020 Future and Emerging Technologies [829116]
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Visible-light integrated photonics is a promising technology for various applications. This Letter presents a semi-transparent power monitor integrated on Si3N4 waveguides, offering high sensitivity and fast response for monitoring and controlling visible-light Si3N4 photonic integrated circuits.
Visible-light integrated photonics is emerging as a promising technology for the realization of optical devices for applications in sensing, quantum information and communications, imaging, and displays. Among the existing photonic platforms, high-index-contrast silicon nitride (Si3N4) waveguides offer broadband transparency in the visible spectral range and a high scale of integration. As the complexity of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) increases, on-chip detectors are required to monitor their working point for reconfiguration and stabilization operations. In this Letter, we present a semi-transparent in-line power monitor integrated on Si3N4 waveguides that operates in the red-light wavelength range (660 nm). The proposed device exploits the photoconductivity of a hydrogenated amorphous-silicon (a-Si:H) film that is evanescently coupled to an optical waveguide. Experimental results show a responsivity of 30 mA/W, a sensitivity of -45 dBm, and a sub-mu s time response. These features enable the use of the proposed photoconductor for high-sensitivity monitoring and control of visible-light Si3N4 PICs. (C) 2022 Optica Publishing Group
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