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US 2015/0309253 A1Published application
Reduction of thermo-optic effects in silicon photonics
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorSung-Joo Ben Yoo
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Abstract
A method and system are described for reducing a thermo-optic effect in silicon photonics. In described embodiments, the system comprises a silicon photonic device with a silicon core that includes a cladding layer comprising titanium adjacent to the silicon core. In described embodiments, the method comprises providing a silicon core and depositing a cladding layer adjacent to the silicon photonic core, wherein the cladding layer comprises titanium.
Claims20
A silicon photonic device, comprising:
- a silicon core;
- and
- a cladding layer comprising titanium adjacent to the silicon core.
A silicon photonic device, comprising:
- a silicon core;
- and
- a cladding layer adjacent to the silicon core, wherein the cladding layer comprises a group 4 element from the periodic table.
A method of preparing a silicon photonic device, comprising:
- providing a silicon core;
- and
- depositing a cladding layer adjacent to the silicon core, wherein the cladding layer comprises titanium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.