Silicon-on-insulator-based photonic-crystal mach-zehnder interferometers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6128, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gu, Lanlan ^a   Jiang, Yongqiang ^a   Jiang, Wei ^a   Chen, Xiaonan ^a   Choi, Jin H ^a   Chen, Ray T ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Mach Zehnder interferometers (MZI); Photonic crystal (PhC); Plasma dispersion effect; Silicon on insulator (SOI); Thermo optic (TO) effect

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT MODULATION; MOS DEVICES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SILICON;

MACH ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS (MZI); PHOTONIC CRYSTALS (PHC); PLASMA DISPERSION EFFECTS; SILICON ON INSULATOR (SOI); THERMO OPTIC (TO) EFFECTS;

CRYSTALS;

EID: 33745615629     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.645287     Document Type: Conference Paper

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