Title :
Total-Internal-Reflection Optical Switch with Slowing Light in Bragg Reflector Waveguide
Author :
Fuchida, Ayumi ; Koyama, Fumio
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama
Abstract :
We propose a novel total-internal-reflection optical switch with a Bragg reflector waveguide. Slowing light gives us extremely large changes in the equivalent refractive index of the waveguide, enabling a large bending angle of 40 degrees.
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflectors; integrated optics; optical switches; optical waveguides; refractive index; Bragg reflector waveguide; bending angle; equivalent refractive index; slowing light; total-internal-reflection optical switch; Optical materials; Optical modulation; Optical reflection; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Semiconductor waveguides; Slow light; Ultraviolet sources; Waveguide transitions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382289
