Reconfigurable silicon thermo-optical ring resonator switch based on Vernier effect control

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 14722-14733

  Fegadolli, William S ^a,b,f   Vargas, German ^d   Wang, Xuan ^d   Valini, Felipe ^e   Barea, Luis A M ^e   Oliveira, José E B ^a   Frateschi, Newton ^e   Scherer, Axel ^f   Almeida, Vilson R ^a,b   Panepucci, Roberto R ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

^b Divisao de Fotônica Instituto de Estudos Avançados IEAv   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Tecnologia da Informação Renato Archer CTI   (Brazil)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

CMOS COMPATIBLE; NON-BLOCKING; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RECONFIGURABILITY; RING RESONATOR; THERMO-OPTICAL; THERMOOPTICS; VERNIER EFFECT;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THERMOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84863768482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.014722     Document Type: Article

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