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  1. We demonstrate the DC-Kerr effect in plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) silicon-rich nitride (SRN) and use it to demonstrate a third order nonlinear susceptibility,χ<#comment/>(3), as high as(6±<#comment/>0.58)×<#comment/>10−<#comment/>19m2/V2. We employ spectral shift versus applied voltage measurements in a racetrack resonator as a tool to characterize the nonlinear susceptibilities of these films. In doing so, we demonstrate aχ<#comment/>(3)larger than that of silicon and argue that PECVD SRN can provide a versatile platform for employing optical phase shifters while maintaining a low thermal budget using a deposition technique readily available in CMOS process flows.

     
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  2. We demonstrate the thermo-optic properties of silicon-rich silicon nitride (SRN) films deposited using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). Shifts in the spectral response of Mach-Zehnder interferometers (MZIs) as a function of temperature were used to characterize the thermo-optic coefficients of silicon nitride films with varying silicon contents. A clear relation is demonstrated between the silicon content and the exhibited thermo-optic coefficient in silicon nitride films, with the highest achievable coefficient being as high as (1.65±0.08) ×10−4K-1. Furthermore, we realize an SRN multi-mode interferometer (MMI) based thermo-optic switch with over 20 dB extinction ratio and total power consumption for two-port switching of 50 mW.

     
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