Broadband thermo-optic switch based on a W2 photonic crystal waveguide

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8630, Issue , 2013, Pages

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

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

broadband; photonic crystal waveguide; response time; thermal tuning efficiency; thermo optic switch

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; BROADBAND; EXTINCTION RATIOS; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; THERMAL TUNING; THERMO-OPTIC SWITCH; TRANSFER EFFICIENCY;

BANDWIDTH; HEATING EQUIPMENT; LIGHT EXTINCTION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS);

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84879082044     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2004138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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