• DocumentCode
    2097796
  • Title

    Total-Internal-Reflection Optical Switch with Slowing Light in Bragg Reflector Waveguide

  • Author

    Fuchida, Ayumi ; Koyama, Fumio

  • Author_Institution
    Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    21-25 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    88
  • Lastpage
    89
  • Abstract
    We propose a novel total-internal-reflection optical switch with a Bragg reflector waveguide. Slowing light gives us extremely large changes in the equivalent refractive index of the waveguide, enabling a large bending angle of 40 degrees.
  • Keywords
    distributed Bragg reflectors; integrated optics; optical switches; optical waveguides; refractive index; Bragg reflector waveguide; bending angle; equivalent refractive index; slowing light; total-internal-reflection optical switch; Optical materials; Optical modulation; Optical reflection; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Semiconductor waveguides; Slow light; Ultraviolet sources; Waveguide transitions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Lake Buena Vista, FL
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0925-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382289
  • Filename
    4382289