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A compact 2 × 2 optical gate using a silicon photonic MEMS dual-drive directional coupler

Niels Quack, Alain Yuji Takabayashi
2025

Abstract

Reconfigurable optical gates control power and phase in programmable photonic circuits. However, state-of-the-art optical gates are power-hungry due to using heaters and large due to using Mach-Zehnder Interferometers. Here, we demonstrate a compact low-power optical gate based on a silicon photonic MEMS dual-drive directional coupler.

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