Dynamic tuning of an optical resonator through MEMS-driven coupled photonic crystal nanocavities

Optics Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2517-2519

  Chew, Xiongyeu ^a   Zhou, Guangya ^a   Chau, Fook Siong ^a   Deng, Jie ^b   Tang, Xiaosong ^b   Loke, Yee Chong ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMB DRIVE; COUPLED CAVITY; DYNAMIC TUNING; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; LARGE TUNING RANGE; LOW POWER; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NANO-CAVITIES; ON CHIPS; OPTICAL RESONANCE; Q-FACTORS; RESONANCE TUNING; SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATIONS; SUBMICROMETERS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; QUANTUM OPTICS; RESONANCE; RESONATORS; TUNING;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 77955211334     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.35.002517     Document Type: Article

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