DocumentCode
399883
Title
Control of optical waveguide-resonator coupling: applications to low-power optical modulation and switching
Author
Green, W.M.J. ; Lee, R.K. ; Yariv, A. ; Scherer, Axel
Author_Institution
Appl. Phys, California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2003
fDate
27-28 Oct. 2003
Firstpage
130
Abstract
This study proposes a switching device that may also be used as a variable optical attenuator that combines two ideas: light guiding along the thermally induced waveguide and the adiabatic mode transition in the slowly widening optical taper. Measurement results for a 1×2 switching device are also presented.
Keywords
integrated optics; optical attenuators; optical couplers; optical modulation; optical resonators; optical switches; optical waveguides; thermo-optical devices; adiabatic mode transition; light guiding; low-power optical modulation; optical switching; optical waveguide-resonator coupling; slowly widening optical taper; switching device; thermally induced waveguide; variable optical attenuator; Optical attenuators; Optical control; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Thermal variables control; Thermal variables measurement; Waveguide transitions;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7888-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251635
Filename
1251635
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