Title :
Ultra-compact optical switch using phase-change material
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We proposed and fabricated ultra-compact optical gate switch using phase-change material. The length of the effective gate region was only 1 μm. The reversible switching with an extinction ratio of 15 dB was successfully demonstrated.
Keywords :
extinction coefficients; optical logic; optical switches; phase change materials; effective gate region; extinction ratio; phase change material; reversible switching; ultra-compact optical gate switch; Logic gates; Optical device fabrication; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2010 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7111-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACP.2010.5682618
