Compact thermo-optic switch based on tapered W1 photonic crystal waveguide

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Zhao, Qiang ^a   Cui, Kaiyu ^a   Huang, Zhilei ^a   Feng, Xue ^a   Zhang, Dengke ^a   Liu, Fang ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Huang, Yidong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

optical interconnects; Photonic crystals; silicon nanophotonics

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RATIOS; MICRO-HEATERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; SILICON NANOPHOTONICS; SWITCHING POWER; TEMPERATURE UNIFORMITY; THERMO-OPTIC SWITCH; TRANSFER EFFICIENCY;

HEATING EQUIPMENT; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 84874852279     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2247993     Document Type: Article

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