Photonic crystal cavity-based y splitter for mechano-optical switching

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 966-968

  Kauppinen, Lasse J ^a   Pinkert, Tjeerd J ^a,b   Hoekstra, Hugo J W M ^a   De Ridder, René M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Photonic crystal (PhC); Silicon; Switch

Indexed keywords

AIR HOLES; MECHANICAL SWITCH; OPTICAL SWITCHING; OUTPUT PORTS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL CAVITIES; TRIANGULAR LATTICE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; Y SPLITTER;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 77953259217     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2048020     Document Type: Article

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