Proposal of a small self-holding 2×2 optical switch using phase-change material

IEICE Electronics Express

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 442-445

  Ikuma, Yuichiro ^a   Saiki, Toshiharu ^a   Tsuda, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical switch; Optical waveguide; Phase change material

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON; WAVEGUIDES;

AMORPHOUS STATES; BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD (BPM); LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM); PHASE CHANGES;

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD;

EID: 47249153611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13492543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/elex.5.442     Document Type: Article

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