Ultrashort photonic crystal optical switch actuated by a microheater

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-26

  Beggs, Daryl M ^a   White, Thomas P ^a   Cairns, Lee ^a   O'Faolain, Liam ^a   Krauss, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directional coupler; Integrated optics; Optical switching; Photonic crystals (PhCs); Slow light

Indexed keywords

AIR-BRIDGES; ELECTRICAL ISOLATION; EMBEDDED STRUCTURES; MICROHEATER; OPTICAL SWITCHING; RESPONSE TIME; SILICA CLADDING; SILICON PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SYMMETRIC STRUCTURES; THERMOOPTICS;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTONICS; SILICA; SLOW LIGHT;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 67649241298     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2008104     Document Type: Article

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