• DocumentCode
    1969198
  • Title

    Ultra-compact optical switch using phase-change material

  • Author

    Tsuda, Hiroyuki

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    8-12 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    540
  • Lastpage
    541
  • Abstract
    We proposed and fabricated ultra-compact optical gate switch using phase-change material. The length of the effective gate region was only 1 μm. The reversible switching with an extinction ratio of 15 dB was successfully demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    extinction coefficients; optical logic; optical switches; phase change materials; effective gate region; extinction ratio; phase change material; reversible switching; ultra-compact optical gate switch; Logic gates; Optical device fabrication; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2010 Asia
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7111-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACP.2010.5682618
  • Filename
    5682618