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[MD3-4]Enhancement of Thermo-Optic Effect in Silicon Nitride Waveguides by Incorporating Polymer Layers

○Eun-Su Lee, Kwon-Wook Chun, Jinung Jin, Min-Cheol Oh (Pusan National Univ.)

Keywords:

Si photonic and heterogeneous platform,Optical modulators,Si/Ge,polymer,and novel III-V based active devices

This work presents a simple and scalable approach to enhance the thermo-optic (TO) effect in SiN waveguides by incorporating polymer layers with high TO coefficients. We demonstrate improved modulation efficiency while maintaining low optical loss.