• DocumentCode
    1659636
  • Title

    A compact optical switch module with Si-wire waveguides

  • Author

    Yamada, Hirohito ; Chu, Tao ; Tojo, Makoto ; Nakamura, Shigeru ; Tokushima, Masatoshi ; Urino, Yutaka ; Ishida, Satomi ; Arakawa, Yasuhiko

  • Author_Institution
    Dep. of Electr. & Commun. Eng., Tohoku Univ., Sendai
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A compact 1 times 4 optical switch modules were demonstrated with extremely small thermo-optic switches constructed by high-Delta Si-wire waveguides. The characteristics of the device chip and the module will be presented.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; optical switches; optical waveguides; silicon; thermo-optical devices; Si; Si-wire waveguides; compact optical switch module; thermo-optic switches; Communication switching; Optical interferometry; Optical losses; Optical microscopy; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Silicon compounds; Substrates; Ultraviolet sources;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics, 2007 4th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tokyo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0934-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2007.4347687
  • Filename
    4347687