Ultrafast compact silicon-based ring resonator modulators using metal-insulator switching of vanadium dioxide

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7597, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nag, Joyeeta ^a   Ryckman, Judson D ^b   Hertkorn, Michael T ^a   Choi, Bo K ^b   Haglund Jr , Richard F ^a   Weiss, Sharon M ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FDTD simulation; Optical modulator; Phase transition; Ring resonator; Switching; Vanadium dioxide

Indexed keywords

FDTD SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL MODULATOR; OPTICAL MODULATORS; RING RESONATOR; VANADIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; INFRARED DEVICES; LASER EXCITATION; LIGHT MODULATION; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; SWITCHING; VANADIUM; VANADIUM ALLOYS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 77953318798     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.843866     Document Type: Conference Paper

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