Dynamically tunable ID and 2D photonic bandgap structures for optical interconnect applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5511, Issue , 2004, Pages 38-49

  Haurylau, Mikhail ^a   Weiss, Sharon M ^b   Fauchet, Philippe M ^a,b  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Optical interconnects; Photonic bandgap; Silicon; Tuning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROELECTRONICS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICON; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

INTERCONNECT WAVEGUIDES; MICROELECTRONIC CHIPS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP; SIGNAL PROPAGATION;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 13244255254     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.561114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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