Silicon-based thermo-optically tunable photonic crystal lens

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-23

  Cui, Yonghao ^a   Liu, Ke ^a   Foland, Steven ^a   Choi, Kyung Hak ^a   Tinker, Mark ^a   MacFarlane, Duncan ^a   Lee, Jeong Bong ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Lens; Photonic crystal (PhC); Silicon; Thermooptic; Tunable

Indexed keywords

FOCAL LENGTHS; HIGH INDEX; HONEYCOMB LATTICES; LOCALIZED HEATING; LOW INDEX; NICR MICRO-HEATER; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; ROD ARRAYS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICON RODS; SILICON-BASED; SIMULATION RESULT; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS; THERMOOPTIC; THERMOOPTIC EFFECTS; THERMOOPTICS; TUNABLE LASERS; TUNABLE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; TUNING OF FOCAL LENGTH; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

HEATING; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; LASERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA;

LENSES;

EID: 77955445094     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2035331     Document Type: Article

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