Ultracompact switches and modulators based on slow light in photonic crystals

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2009

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Krauss, Thomas F.
Beggs, Daryl M.
White, Thomas
O'Faolain, Liam
Kuipers, L. (Kobus)

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Optical Society of America

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Photonic crystal slow light waveguides enable modulators with high speed and large bandwidth. Group indices of 30-40 are achieved with low loss and we demonstrate modulators of <100 μm length with switching times of 3ps.

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Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

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2037-12-31