Ultra-compact reconfigurable silicon optical devices using micron-scale localized thermal heating

OFC/NFOEC 2007 - Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Green, William M J ^a   Hamann, Hendrik F ^a   Sekaric, Lidija ^a   Rooks, Michael J ^a   Vlasov, Yurii A ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; HEATING; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

CASCADED DEVICES; ULTRA-COMPACT RECONFIGURABLE DEVICES;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 39749180978     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OFC.2007.4348827     Document Type: Conference Paper

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