Title :
Coupled waveguides with MEMS actuation for continuously tunable optical buffering
Author :
Horak, Peter ; Stewart, Will ; Loh, Wei H.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We propose a chip-based optical buffer that is continuously tunable by microelectromechanical actuation. The device consists of two identical semiconductor waveguides with a mechanically variable gap in-between, allowing for a change of group delay of over 100% and for extremely broadband operation.
Keywords :
micro-optics; optical waveguides; MEMS; chip-based optical buffer; continuously tunable optical buffering; group delay; microelectromechanical actuation; semiconductor waveguides; Delay; Integrated optics; Optical buffering; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Silicon; integrated optics; optical buffer; optical microelectromechanical devices;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253942
