dc.contributor.author | Simili, Deepak | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-07T13:41:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-09-07T13:41:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-09-07 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/15471 | |
dc.description.abstract | The design procedure for ultrafast silicon electro-optic switches using photonic crystals in order optimize the operation of the electro-optic switch is presented. The material medium selected for propagation of the optical signal through the switch is silicon nanocrystals in silica. A patterned slot waveguide with one-dimensional photonic crystals is proposed as the preferred slow light waveguide to be used in the design of the electro-optic switch. The ultrafast quadratic electro-optic Kerr effect is the physical effect utilized, and its analysis for slot waveguides is discussed. The optical structure analysis of the electro-optic switch using a ring resonator is presented and it is shown that the use of a slow light waveguide in the ring resonator can reduce the required externally applied electric field and the radius of the ring resonator. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Nanophotonics, Silicon, Electro-Optic Switch, Photonic Crystals, Kerr Effect | en_US |
dc.title | Nanophotonic Silicon Electro-Optic Switch | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2012-08-27 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Applied Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | Dr. Srinivas Sampalli | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Dr. Michael Cada | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Zhizhang Chen, Dr. Srinivas Sampalli | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Michael Cada | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |