Title :
A Novel Proposal for Low Power Optical Switches Based on Microring Resonators
Author :
Le, Thanh Trung ; Cahill, Laurence
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., La Trobe Univ., Melbourne, VIC
Abstract :
A new optical switch based on microring resonators (MRs) is proposed in this paper. By using the thermo-optic effect or electro-optic effect, the switching can be easily obtained at a very low switching power. The design, analysis and performance considerations of the proposed switch are given in detail.
Keywords :
electro-optical effects; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; microswitches; optical resonators; optical switches; thermo-optical effects; electro-optic effect; low power optical switches; microring resonators; thermo-optic effect; Arm; Optical coupling; Optical losses; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Proposals; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Internet, 2007 and the 2007 32nd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. COIN-ACOFT 2007. Joint International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-3-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-3-3
DOI :
10.1109/COINACOFT.2007.4519136
