Compact and low power operation optical switch using silicon-germanium/ silicon hetero-structure waveguide

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 8949-8958

  Sekiguchi, Shigeaki ^a   Kurahashi, Teruo ^a   Zhu, Lei ^a   Kawaguchi, Kenichi ^a   Morito, Ken ^a  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SILICON ALLOYS; WAVEGUIDES;

ACTIVE DEVICES; COMPACT SIZE; DRIVING CONDITIONS; HETERO INTERFACES; LOW OPERATION POWER; LOW-POWER OPERATION; MACH-ZEHNDER OPTICAL SWITCHES; PRE-EMPHASIS; SIGE/SI; SILICON GERMANIUM; SILICON-BASED; SQUARE WAVEFORM; SWITCHING POWER; SWITCHING TIME; WAVEGUIDE CORE; WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE;

SILICON;

EID: 84860203753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.008949     Document Type: Article

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