Title :
High-Q silica zipper cavity with strong opto-mechanical coupling for optical radiation pressure driven directional switching
Author :
Tetsumoto, Tomohiro ; Tanabe, Takasumi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We study a radiation pressure driven optical directional switch with a high-Q silica-zipper cavity numerically. We showed the feasibility of a switch with a 17.8-dB extinction ratio.
Keywords :
Q-factor; optical communication equipment; optical switches; radiation pressure; silicon compounds; SiO2; directional switching; extinction ratio; high-Q silica zipper cavity; high-Q silica-zipper cavity; optical directional switch; optical radiation pressure; radiation pressure; strong optomechanical coupling; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Optical coupling; Optical pumping; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995244
