• DocumentCode
    689067
  • Title

    Ultra-compact optical switch using high contrast grating hollow-core waveguide

  • Author

    Weijian Yang ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An ultra-compact 2×2 optical switch based on high contrast grating (HCG) hollow-core waveguide (HCW) is proposed. Simulation results show that the switching length is ~25x smaller than the conventional 2×2 multimode interference coupler.
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; optical switches; optical waveguides; HCG; HCW; high contrast grating hollow-core waveguide; multimode interference coupler; switching length; ultracompact optical switch; Optical refraction; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Reflectivity; Refractive index;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833448