Design of photonic crystal directional couplers for electro-optical wavelength switching in Si technology

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Cassan, Eric ^a   Bernier, Damien ^a   Marris Morini, Delphine ^a   Maire, Guillaume ^a   Vivien, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Directional coupler; Nanophotonics; Photonic crystals; Silicon; Wavelength switch

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NANOPHOTONICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SILICON;

CARRIER INJECTION; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; FREE-CARRIER PLASMA DISPERSION EFFECTS; GROUP VELOCITIES; MULTIPLEXER/DEMULTIPLEXER; PLANE WAVE METHODS; WAVELENGTH SWITCH;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 52649096241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2768383     Document Type: Article

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