• DocumentCode
    2739517
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    10-12 Jan. 2011
  • Firstpage
    119
  • Lastpage
    120
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Winter Topicals (WTM), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Keystone, CO
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8428-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOTWTM.2011.5730076
  • Filename
    5730076