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Demonstration of an integrated optical switch in a silicon photonic crystal directional coupler

Date

Authors

Beggs, Daryl M.

White, Thomas

Cairns, L.

O'Faolain, Liam

Krauss, Thomas F.

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

We demonstrate a silicon photonic crystal (PhC) directional coupler optical switch. By engineering the supermodes of the coupled system to provide a slow-light region, the switch has a total length of just 4.9 μm. Thermo-optic switching with a 20 μs res

Keywords

Keywords: Air bridges; Coupled systems; Embedded structures; Infilling; Integrated optical switches; Micro heaters; Response time; Robust solutions; Silicon photonic crystals; Slab geometries; Slow lights; Supermodes; Symmetric structures; Thermo optics; Total leng Integrated optics; Optical switch; Photonic band gap

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/79960

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Physica E

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.physe.2008.08.034

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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