Optically controlled photonic crystal nanocavity in silicon

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5511, Issue , 2004, Pages 10-17

  Preble, Stefan F ^a   Almeida, Vilson R ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

All optical switching; Integrated photonics; Photonic crystal; Plasma dispersion effect; Silicon

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; INTEGRATED PHOTONICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PLASMA DISPERSION EFFECTS;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MODULATORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON; WAVEGUIDES;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 13244273752     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.561635     Document Type: Conference Paper

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