Symmetrical 1×2 digital photonic splitting switch with low electrical power consumption in SiGe waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 654-659

  Li, Baojun ^a   Zhang, Yao ^a   Teng, Lihua ^a   Zhao, Yuzhou ^a   Chua, Soo Jin ^b,c   Wang, Xiangrong ^d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FIBER OPTICS; MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SWITCHES; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS;

CARRIER INJECTION; DIGITAL PHOTONIC SPLITTING; POWER CONSUMPTION; THRESHOLD CURRENTS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 13544260764     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000654     Document Type: Article

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