Title :
Small-sized self-holding optical switch using phase-change material
Author :
Tsuda, Hiroyuki ; Tanaka, Daiki ; Toyosaki, Tatsuya ; Ikuma, Yuichiro ; Shoji, Yuya ; Kuwahara, Masashi ; Wang, Xiaomin ; Kintaka, Kenji ; Kawashima, Hitoshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
Optical gate switch that uses phase change material with self-holding characteristics was proposed and fabricated. The length of the switch was only 1 μm and the switching time was less than 100 ns.
Keywords :
optical fabrication; optical switches; phase change materials; phase-change material; small-sized self-holding optical gate switch; switching time; Integrated optics; Logic gates; Optical device fabrication; Optical films; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Ge2Sb2Te5; Si waveguide; optical gate; optical switch; phase change material; self-holding;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0881-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2011.5970789
