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Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 2, 108(2017)

Compact, submilliwatt, 2 × 2 silicon thermo-optic switch based on photonic crystal nanobeam cavities

Huanying Zhou1, Ciyuan Qiu1,3、*, Xinhong Jiang1, Qingming Zhu1, Yu He1, Yong Zhang1, Yikai Su1,4、*, and Richard Soref2
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  • 1State Key Lab of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 2Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, USA
  • 3e-mail: qiuciyuan@sjtu.edu.cn
  • 4e-mail: yikaisu@sjtu.edu.cn
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    Huanying Zhou, Ciyuan Qiu, Xinhong Jiang, Qingming Zhu, Yu He, Yong Zhang, Yikai Su, Richard Soref. Compact, submilliwatt, 2 × 2 silicon thermo-optic switch based on photonic crystal nanobeam cavities[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(2): 108

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    Category: Silicon Photonics

    Received: Nov. 17, 2016

    Accepted: Jan. 26, 2017

    Published Online: Sep. 26, 2018

    The Author Email: Ciyuan Qiu (qiuciyuan@sjtu.edu.cn), Yikai Su (yikaisu@sjtu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000108

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