• DocumentCode
    399882
  • Title

    Optical switching based on the adiabatic temperature induced mode localization

  • Author

    Narevich, R. ; Berlatzky, Y. ; Narevicius, E. ; Rosenblum, G. ; Shtrichman, I. ; Vorobeichik, I.

  • Author_Institution
    OpTun Ltd., Haifa, Israel
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-28 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    128
  • Abstract
    We present optical switching device that combines two ideas: thermally induced waveguides and adiabatic mode transition in a slowly widening taper. We explain conditions for the optimal operation and present experimental results for 1 × 2 switch.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical switches; optical waveguides; thermo-optical devices; adiabatic mode transition; adiabatic temperature induced mode localization; optical switching; thermally induced waveguides; Circuits; Extinction ratio; Optical devices; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Partial differential equations; Programmable control; Silicon; Temperature; Waveguide transitions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7888-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251634
  • Filename
    1251634