Title :
Broadband switching functionality of W2 photonic crystal waveguide
Author :
Cui, Kaiyu ; Feng, Xue ; Huang, Yidong ; Zhao, Qiang ; Huang, Zhilei ; Zhang, Wei
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Broadband (18 nm) switching functionality is realized by an ultra-compact (8 μm×17 μm) W2 photonic crystal waveguide with integrated microheater on the surface. Extinction ratio larger than 15 dB is obtained over the entire bandwidth.
Keywords :
heating; optical switches; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; W2 photonic crystal waveguide; broadband switching functionality; integrated microheater; size 17 mum; size 8 mum; ultracompact photonic crystal waveguide; Bandwidth; Broadband communication; Extinction ratio; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276677
