Title :
Wide-spectrum-range power-efficient compact thermo-optic switch based on coupled photonic crystal microcavities
Author :
Xingyu Zhang ; Chakravarty, Swapnajit ; Chi-jui Chung ; Zeyu Pan ; Chen, Ray T.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a thermo-optic switch comprising a 3.78μm-long coupled photonic crystal resonators coupled to a photonic crystal waveguide. The device has 6nm optical bandwidth, 20dB optical extinction ratio, 18.2mW switching power, and 14.8μsec rise time.
Keywords :
micro-optics; microcavities; optical resonators; optical switches; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; thermo-optical devices; coupled photonic crystal microcavity; coupled photonic crystal resonators; optical bandwidth; optical extinction ratio; photonic crystal waveguide; size 3.78 mum; switching power; wide-spectrum-range power-efficient compact thermo-optic switch; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical interferometry; Optical ring resonators; Optical switches; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
