• DocumentCode
    2733609
  • Title

    Coupled photonic crystal microcavities for optical switching over wide spectral range

  • Author

    Xingyu Zhang ; Chakravarty, Swapnajit ; Chi-jui Chung ; Zeyu Pan ; Hai Yan ; Chen, Ray T.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    20-22 April 2015
  • Firstpage
    136
  • Lastpage
    137
  • Abstract
    A compact thermo-optic switch comprising a 3.78μm-long coupled photonic crystal resonators coupled to a photonic crystal waveguide is demonstrated with 6nm optical bandwidth, 20dB optical extinction ratio, 18.2mW switching power, and 14.8μsec rise time.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; microcavities; optical couplers; optical switches; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; thermo-optical devices; compact thermo-optic switch; coupled photonic crystal microcavities; optical bandwidth; optical extinction ratio; optical switching; photonic crystal waveguide; power 18.2 mW; rise time; size 3.78 mum; switching power; wide spectral range; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical resonators; Optical switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), 2015 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-8178-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OIC.2015.7115723
  • Filename
    7115723