High performance total internal reflection type optical switches in silicon-on-insulator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6477, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Thomson, D ^a   Knights, A P ^b   Walters, D ^b   Mashanovich, G Z ^a   Timotijevic, B ^a   Gardes, F Y ^a   Reed, G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL LOSSES; REFLECTION; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

CARRIER DIFFUSION; FREE CARRIERS; REFLECTION INTERFACE; SWITCH DESIGN;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 34248674101     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.713641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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