Title :
Coupled photonic crystal microcavities for optical switching over wide spectral range
Author :
Xingyu Zhang ; Chakravarty, Swapnajit ; Chi-jui Chung ; Zeyu Pan ; Hai Yan ; Chen, Ray T.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
A compact thermo-optic switch comprising a 3.78μm-long coupled photonic crystal resonators coupled to a photonic crystal waveguide is demonstrated with 6nm optical bandwidth, 20dB optical extinction ratio, 18.2mW switching power, and 14.8μsec rise time.
Keywords :
integrated optics; microcavities; optical couplers; optical switches; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; thermo-optical devices; compact thermo-optic switch; coupled photonic crystal microcavities; optical bandwidth; optical extinction ratio; optical switching; photonic crystal waveguide; power 18.2 mW; rise time; size 3.78 mum; switching power; wide spectral range; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical resonators; Optical switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference (OI), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8178-6
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2015.7115723
