• DocumentCode
    2556488
  • Title

    Small-sized self-holding optical switch using phase-change material

  • Author

    Tsuda, Hiroyuki ; Tanaka, Daiki ; Toyosaki, Tatsuya ; Ikuma, Yuichiro ; Shoji, Yuya ; Kuwahara, Masashi ; Wang, Xiaomin ; Kintaka, Kenji ; Kawashima, Hitoshi

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    26-30 June 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Optical gate switch that uses phase change material with self-holding characteristics was proposed and fabricated. The length of the switch was only 1 μm and the switching time was less than 100 ns.
  • Keywords
    optical fabrication; optical switches; phase change materials; phase-change material; small-sized self-holding optical gate switch; switching time; Integrated optics; Logic gates; Optical device fabrication; Optical films; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Ge2Sb2Te5; Si waveguide; optical gate; optical switch; phase change material; self-holding;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Stockholm
  • ISSN
    2161-2056
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0881-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2161-2056
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTON.2011.5970789
  • Filename
    5970789