Title :
Thermo-optically tunable photonic crystal light modulator utilizing cut-off effect
Author :
Cui, Yonghao ; Liu, Ke ; MacFarlane, Duncan ; Lee, Jeong-Bong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
Abstract :
We present design, fabrication and characterization of thermo-optically tunable photonic crystal light modulator. Thermo-optic effect of silicon was utilized to change refractive index of silicon and photonic band dispersion to realize tunable photonic crystal devices.
Keywords :
Optical modulation; Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
