Low power and broadband 2 × 2 silicon thermo-optic switch

2011 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OFC/NFOEC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Derose, Christopher T ^a   Watts, Michael R ^b   Young, Ralph W ^a   Trotter, Douglas C ^a   Nielson, Gregory N ^a   Zortman, William A ^a   Kekatpure, Rohan D ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RATIOS; LOW POWER; SWITCHING POWER; THERMO-OPTIC SWITCH;

ENGINEERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 79960006443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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