Authors:	L. Van Iseghem, U. Khan, E. Picavet, A.Y. Takabayashi, P. Verheyen, N. Quack, K. De Buysser, J. Beeckman, W. Bogaerts
Title:	Low power phase shifter using liquid crystal on an integrated silicon photonics platform
Format:	International Conference Proceedings
Publication date:	7/2022
Journal/Conference/Book:	IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals (invited)
Volume(Issue):	p.MB2.1
Location:	Los Cabos, Mexico
DOI:	10.1109/SUM53465.2022.9858217
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Abstract

We report a low-voltage optical phase shifter using liquid crystal actuation integrated in IMEC’s iSIPP50G platform fabricated using inkjet printing as a deposition mechanism. A pi phase shift is obtained at 3Vrms, almost 3pi is obtained at 9Vrms

Related Research Topics

• Liquid Crystals for nanophotonic applications

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• H2020: MORPHIC (MEMS-based zerO-power Reconfigurable Photonic ICs)
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