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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2007 4th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0934-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2007.4347687
