Title :
Miniaturised and low power switches and modulators based on slow light photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Krauss, Thomas F. ; Faolain, Liam O.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
Abstract :
The slow light approach offers significant size reductions for switches and modulators, thus offering small footprint and low power operation, while maintaining sufficient bandwidth for accommodating high data rates and ensuring sufficient tolerances.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical directional couplers; optical modulation; optical switches; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; high data rates; low power modulators; low power switches; miniaturised modulators; miniaturised switches; slow light photonic crystal waveguides; tolerance; Bandwidth; Modulation; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Silicon; Slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Winter Topicals (WTM), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Keystone, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8428-7
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTWTM.2011.5730076
