%0 Journal Article
%T High-performance and power-efficient 2${\times}$2 optical switch on Silicon-on-Insulator
%A Zheng Han
%A Gregory Moille
%A Xavier Checoury
%A J¨¦r£¿me Bourderionnet
%A Philippe Boucaud
%A Alfredo De Rossi
%A Sylvain Combri¨¦
%J Physics
%D 2015
%I arXiv
%R 10.1364/OE.23.024163
%X A compact (15{\mu}m${\times}${\mu}m) and highly-optimized 2${\times}$2 optical switch is demonstrated on a CMOS-compatible photonic crystal technology. On-chip insertion loss are below 1dB, static and dynamic contrast are 40dB and >20dB respectively. Owing to efficient thermo-optic design, the power consumption is below 3 mW while the switching time is 1 {\mu}s.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.00803v1