Fast and low-power thermooptic switch on thin silicon-on-insulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1366-1368

  Espinola, R L ^a   Tsai, M C ^a   Yardley, James T ^a   Osgood Jr , R M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

High index contrast; Integrated optics; Optical switching; Silicon on insulator (SOI); Thermooptic; Unibond

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SILICA; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

HIGH-INDEX CONTRAST; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER THERMOOPTIC SWITCHES; OPTICAL SWITCHING; UNIBOND;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0141987588     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.818246     Document Type: Article

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