Light switching via thermo-optic effect of micromachined silicon prism

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Li, J ^a,b   Liu, A Q ^a   Zhang, X M ^a   Zhong, T ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; REFLECTION; SILICON; TUNERS;

LIGHT SWITCHING; MICROMACHINED SILICON PRISM; THERMO OPTIC EFFECT; THERMO-OPTIC EFFECT (TOE); TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION (TIR);

PRISMS;

EID: 33745194802     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2212278     Document Type: Article

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