Title :
Silicon Photonic Crystal Directional Couplers for Power Splitting, Wavelength Filtering, and Optical Switching
Author :
Stapleton, Andrew ; Cockerham, Nankyung Suh ; Bagheri, Mahmood ; Farrell, Stephanie ; O´Brien, John
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electrophys., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
All optical switching has been demonstrated using photonic crystal directional couplers illuminated with a 10 mW control signal. Power splitters and wavelength filters are also demonstrated with these 10times12 mum footprint devices.
Keywords :
filtering theory; optical communication equipment; optical directional couplers; optical information processing; telecommunication switching; optical switching; power splitters; power splitting; silicon photonic crystal directional couplers; wavelength filtering; Biomembranes; Directional couplers; Filtering; Lattices; Optical coupling; Optical filters; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Power filters; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348574
