Title :
Design and fabrication of a reconfigurable photonic bandgap waveguide device with MEMS features
Author :
Zhou, Weimin ; Taysing-Lara, Monica ; Dang, Gerard ; Harrison, Lorna ; Mackie, David ; Ervin, Matthew ; Newman, Peter G.
Author_Institution :
Sensors & Electron Devices Directorate, US Army Res. Lab., Adelphi, MD, USA
Abstract :
We report on our efforts to develop a semiconductor based photonic bandgap device with MEMS features that is designed to reconfigure the photonic crystal structure into different types of waveguide devices such as switches, modulators, etc.
Keywords :
micro-optics; micromechanical devices; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; MEMS; photonic crystal structure; reconfigurable photonic bandgap waveguide;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
