Thermos-optic effect on integrated photonics devices

• Grant number: 17/17093-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2017
• End date: September 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - General Physics
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Clóvis Dainese Júnior
• Grantee: Lucas Gavião Rocha
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/20180-3 - Light scattering processes in photonic microstructures, AP.JP

Abstract

The main goal of this Project is the study of integrated photonics devices, based on the thermos-optic effect. The student will study the basic properties of waveguides, and afterwards a numerical study on the effect of a temperature profile on the properties of a mode's propagation on the guide will be made. Experimentally, the student will build a temperature stabilizer and control system for a photonic chip, then the student will do the characterization of devices already built in our lab, named Photonic Heaters. (AU)