Title :
Controlled coupling of rolled-up microtubes integrated with silicon waveguides
Author :
Qiuhang Zhong ; Zhaobing Tian ; Veerasubramanian, Venkat ; Dastjerdi, M.H.T. ; Patel, Dinesh ; Zetian Mi ; Plant, David V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate, for the first time, the controlled coupling of rolled-up microtubes integrated with silicon waveguides by thermally tuning the coupling gap. Then we realize coupling modulation utilizing the dynamic tuning effect.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical couplers; optical tuning; silicon; thermo-optical effects; Si; coupling modulation; dynamic tuning effect; rolled-up microtubes; silicon waveguides; thermal tuning; Couplings; Electron tubes; Heating; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Tuning; Waveguide discontinuities;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
