• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 23, Issue 2, 022201 (2025)
Haitang Li1,2,3, Jin Deng1,3, Junbo Feng4, Lehan Zhao1,3..., Zihan Shen1,2,3, Guangqiong Xia1,3, Zhengmao Wu1,4, Jiagui Wu1,3,* and Junbo Yang2,**|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
  • 2Center of Material Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 3Chongqing Key Laboratory of Micro&Nano Structure Optoelectronics, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
  • 4Microelectronics Center Co., Ltd., Chongqing 401332, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202523.022201 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Haitang Li, Jin Deng, Junbo Feng, Lehan Zhao, Zihan Shen, Guangqiong Xia, Zhengmao Wu, Jiagui Wu, Junbo Yang, "Single-point tunable and non-volatile Y-junction photonic power splitter on SOI with broadband and low loss," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 022201 (2025) Copy Citation Text show less

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    Y-junction photonic power splitters are essential in photonic integrated circuits. In this paper, a tunable Y-junction splitter is introduced using a standard silicon-on-insulator platform. It features a single-point control mechanism of both the turnability of power splitting ratios and the non-volatility with optical phase change materials (O-PCMs). This nonvolatile Y-junction splitter has a broadband of 350 nm (from 1300 to 1650 nm) with an about 0.7 dB low insertion loss. Using the direct binary search (DBS) inverse design algorithm, a circular point was identified to fill the phase change material Sb2S3 within the coupling area of the Y-junction photonic power splitter. Six example power splitting ratios of 1.86, 1.70, 1.50, 1.34, 1.21, and 1.14 were realized under single-point control using phase changes at 1550 nm with a 0.35 dB low insertion loss. Furthermore, we also implemented a five-stage cascaded array, with the final stage consisting of 16 Y-junction splitters. These results are useful for significantly simplifying the control of photonic circuits.
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    Haitang Li, Jin Deng, Junbo Feng, Lehan Zhao, Zihan Shen, Guangqiong Xia, Zhengmao Wu, Jiagui Wu, Junbo Yang, "Single-point tunable and non-volatile Y-junction photonic power splitter on SOI with broadband and low loss," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 022201 (2025)
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