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Rewritable Photonic Integrated Circuit Canvas Based on Low-Loss Phase Change Material and Nanosecond Pulsed Lasers.

Forrest MillerRui ChenJohannes FröchZhuoran FangVirat TaraSarah GeigerArka Majumdar
Published in: Nano letters (2024)
Programmable photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are an increasingly important platform in optical science and engineering. However, current programmable PICs are mostly formed through subtractive fabrication techniques, which limits the reconfigurability of the device and makes prototyping costly and time-consuming. A rewritable PIC architecture can circumvent these drawbacks, where PICs are repeatedly written and erased on a single PIC canvas. We demonstrate such a rewritable PIC platform by selective laser writing a layer of wide-band-gap phase change material (PCM) Sb 2 S 3 with a low-cost benchtop setup. We show arbitrary patterning with resolution up to 300 nm and write dielectric assisted waveguides with a low optical loss of 0.0172 dB/μm. We envision that using this inexpensive benchtop platform thousands of PIC designs can be written, tested, and erased on the same chip without the need for lithography/etching tools or a nanofabrication facility, thus reducing manufacturing cost and increasing accessibility.
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