Title :
Photonic crystal slab waveguide controlled by a micro-mechanical actuator
Author :
Iwamoto, S. ; Yamada, H. ; Gomyo, A. ; Shirane, M. ; Arakawa, Y.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Ind. Sci., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we have proposed a mechanically controlled a photonic crystal waveguide device using MEMS technology. Optical properties of the device change sensitively with the small shift of the second structure because of the near field interaction of the lightwave in the photonic crystal waveguide. Feasibility of proposed device in optical switching is demonstrated numerically and experimentally.
Keywords :
light propagation; microactuators; numerical analysis; optical switches; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; MEMS; lightwave; mechanical control; micro-mechanical actuator; near field interaction; optical properties; optical switching; photonic crystal slab waveguide; Actuators; Microactuators; Optical control; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252902
