Title :
MEMS actuation for a continuously tunable optical buffer
Author :
Podoliak, Nina ; Ng, Wing H. ; Liu, Hongying ; Kenyon, A.J. ; Stewart, William ; Horak, P.
Author_Institution :
Optoelecrronics Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We present our work towards development of an optical buffer based on the InP platform that consists of two suspended coupled optical waveguides. A continuously tunable delay in the propagation time can be achieved by varying the spacing between the waveguides using MEMS actuation. Up to 100% variation of the delay time with a driving voltage of 3 V is predicted.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; micro-optics; microactuators; optical tuning; optical waveguides; InP; MEMS actuation; continuously tunable delay; continuously tunable optical buffer; delay time; driving voltage; propagation time; suspended coupled optical waveguides; voltage 3 V; Electrodes; Indium phosphide; Micromechanical devices; Optical buffering; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Waveguide discontinuities;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Glasgow
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9928-4140-9
DOI :
10.1109/OMN.2014.6924548
