Title :
Control of optical waveguide-resonator coupling: applications to low-power optical modulation and switching
Author :
Green, W.M.J. ; Lee, R.K. ; Yariv, A. ; Scherer, Axel
Author_Institution :
Appl. Phys, California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
This study proposes a switching device that may also be used as a variable optical attenuator that combines two ideas: light guiding along the thermally induced waveguide and the adiabatic mode transition in the slowly widening optical taper. Measurement results for a 1×2 switching device are also presented.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical attenuators; optical couplers; optical modulation; optical resonators; optical switches; optical waveguides; thermo-optical devices; adiabatic mode transition; light guiding; low-power optical modulation; optical switching; optical waveguide-resonator coupling; slowly widening optical taper; switching device; thermally induced waveguide; variable optical attenuator; Optical attenuators; Optical control; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Thermal variables control; Thermal variables measurement; Waveguide transitions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251635
