Ultra-Low-Power Unitary Matrix Multiplier Based on Silicon Photonic MEMS
Dong U. Kim, Do Y. Kim, Youngjae Jeong, Dong Ju Choi, Young Jae Park, Man Jae Her, Myung S. Hong, Min G. Lim, Yoonhyuk Rah, Kyoungsik Yu, Sangyoon Han · Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics · 2022
We propose and demonstrate an ultra-low-power 3×3 unitary matrix multiplier with MEMS-based tunable couplers and phase shifters. The static power consumption and tuning energy per tuning element are less than 0.13 µW and 115 pJ, respectively.