• DocumentCode
    2966572
  • Title

    Slow light waveguide optical switch

  • Author

    Fuchida, Ayumi ; Koyama, Fumio

  • Author_Institution
    P& I Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    2-15 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    281
  • Lastpage
    282
  • Abstract
    We propose a novel optical switch with slowing light. Slowing light in Bragg reflector waveguide can miniaturize optical switch because large equivalent refractive index is available due to giant waveguide dispersion.
  • Keywords
    optical switches; optical waveguides; refractive index; slow light; Bragg reflector waveguide; equivalent refractive index; giant waveguide dispersion; slow light waveguide optical switch; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Indium phosphide; Large-scale systems; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Slow light; Waveguide transitions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop, 2008. i-NOW 2008. International
  • Conference_Location
    Shonan Village
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2656-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INOW.2008.4634545
  • Filename
    4634545