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Impact of GST thickness on GST-loaded silicon waveguides for optimal optical switching

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-13848-0

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  1. MCIN/AEI [PID2019-111460GB-I00, ICTS-2017-28-UPV-9F, FPU17/04224]
  2. ERDF A way of making Europe
  3. ESF Investing in your future
  4. Generalitat Valenciana [PROMETEO/2019/123]
  5. Universitat Politecnica de Valencia

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This article investigates the impact of GST thickness on optical performance in phase-change integrated photonics. It shows that thinner GST thicknesses can lead to the excitation of higher-order modes and a reduction in extinction ratio. These findings are important for designing high-performance GST/Si-based photonic devices.
Phase-change integrated photonics has emerged as a new platform for developing photonic integrated circuits by integrating phase-change materials like GeSbTe (GST) onto the silicon photonics platform. The thickness of the GST patch that is usually placed on top of the waveguide is crucial for ensuring high optical performance. In this work, we investigate the impact of the GST thickness in terms of optical performance through numerical simulation and experiment. We show that higher-order modes can be excited in a GST-loaded silicon waveguide with relatively thin GST thicknesses (<100 nm), resulting in a dramatic reduction in the extinction ratio. Our results would be useful for designing high-performance GST/Si-based photonic devices such as non-volatile memories that could find utility in many emerging applications.

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