Compact 1 × N thermo-optic switches based on silicon photonic wire waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 10109-10114

  Chu, Tao ^a   Yamada, Hirohito ^b   Ishida, Satomi ^c   Arakawa, Yasuhiko ^c  

^a Optoelectronic Industry and Technology Development Association OITDA   (Japan)

^b NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PHOTONIC WIRE WAVEGUIDES; SWITCHING OPERATIONS; THERMO-OPTIC EFFECT;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 28944433902     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.010109     Document Type: Article

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