Title :
Photonic crystal directional coupler switch
Author :
Yamamoto, Noritsugu ; Ogawa, Toru ; Komori, Kazuhiro
Author_Institution :
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan n-yamamoto@aist.go.jp
Abstract :
We contrived special dispersion curves to break a trade-off relation between a switching length and a bandwidth of directional coupler switch. We have designed DCs with such dispersion utilizing photonic crystals.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Directional couplers; Frequency; Optical buffering; Optical devices; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Refractive index; Shape control;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569339
