Title :
Low insertion loss Nanocavity optical modulators
Author :
O´Faolain, Liam ; Debnath, Kapil ; Krauss, Thomas F.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
Abstract :
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel optical modulator based on a photonic crystal resonator vertically coupled to large mode area bus waveguide.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; optical modulation; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; large mode area bus waveguide; low insertion loss; nanocavity optical modulators; photonic crystal resonator; Cavity resonators; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358851
