Compact carrier-injection photonic crystal switch for on-chip communications

IET Optoelectronics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 165-171

  Cassan, E ^a   Bernier, D ^a   Roux, X L ^a   Marris Morini, D ^a   Vivien, L ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL AVIATION; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NONMETALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POWDERS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SILICON; SWITCHING NETWORKS;

1550 NM; ACTIVE ROUTING; BIAS-VOLTAGE; CARRIER INJECTIONS; COUPLER STRUCTURES; CUT-OFF FREQUENCIES; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; ON CHIPS; ON-CHIP COMMUNICATIONS; OPTICAL-INSERTION-LOSS; P-I-N DIODES; PHOTONIC SWITCHING; SILICON CHIPS; WAVELENGTH ROUTING;

SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 52649141749     PISSN: 17518768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-opt:20070069     Document Type: Article

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