Tunable optical coupler controlled by optical gradient forces

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 15098-15108

  Fong, King Y ^a   Pernice, Wolfram H P ^a   Li, Mo ^a   Tang, Hong X ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON NITRIDE;

DEVICE GEOMETRIES; GRADIENT FORCE; LOW POWER; OPTICAL COUPLER; OPTOMECHANICAL; SLOT WAVEGUIDE; WIDEBAND TUNING;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON NITRIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTON; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79961059578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.015098     Document Type: Article

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