Title :
Broadband integrated Fabry-Perot electro-optic switch
Author :
Ménard, M. ; Kirk, A.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC
Abstract :
Electro-optic switches based on tunable Fabry-Perot filters suffer from limited transmission bandwidth. This limitation can be overcome through the use of a comb filter and we demonstrate this concept in a photonic integrated circuit.
Keywords :
comb filters; electro-optical switches; integrated optoelectronics; optical waveguide filters; broadband integrated electro-optic switches; comb filter; photonic integrated circuit; transmission bandwidth; tunable Fabry-Perot filter; Electrooptic effects; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Fabry-Perot; Integrated optics; Optical filters; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Telecommunication switching; Comb Filter; Electro-optic Switch; Integrated Optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2008. PS 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4326-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-4-8855-2228-4
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2008.4804214
