Proposal of a grating-based optical reflection switch using phase change materials

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 16947-16956

  Wang, Xiaomin ^a,b   Kuwahara, Masashi ^a   Awazu, Koichi ^a   Fons, Paul ^a   Tominaga, Junji ^a   Ohki, Yoshimichi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; SWITCHING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLINE STATE; DIELECTRIC GRATING; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; OPTICAL REFLECTION; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS; SWITCHING EFFICIENCY;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 70349221386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.016947     Document Type: Article

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