Title :
Complementary apodized grating waveguides for tunable photonic delay lines
Author :
Khan, Saeed ; Fathpour, Sasan
Author_Institution :
CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
A novel class of tunable integrated photonic delay lines that compromises between loss and size is proposed. The devices comprise cascaded apodized grating waveguides with complementary (positively and negatively modulated) refractive index profiles.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; integrated optics; optical delay lines; optical waveguides; complementary apodized grating waveguides; negatively modulated refractive index; positively modulated refractive index; tunable photonic delay lines; Bit rate; Delay; Delay lines; Gratings; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
