A nanoelectromechanical systems optical switch driven by optical gradient force

被引：53

作者：

Cai, H. ^{[1
]}

Dong, B. ^{[2
]}

Tao, J. F. ^{[2
]}

Ding, L. ^{[1
]}

Tsai, J. M. ^{[1
]}

Lo, G. Q. ^{[1
]}

Liu, A. Q. ^{[1
,2
]}

Kwong, D. L. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] ASTAR, Inst Microelect, Singapore 117685, Singapore

[2] Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch Elect & Elect Engn, Singapore 639798, Singapore

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2013年 / 102卷 / 02期

关键词：

HIGH-SPEED; RESONATOR; MEMS;

D O I：

10.1063/1.4775674

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

A nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) optical switch driven by optical gradient force is demonstrated. The switch consists of a free-standing ring resonator and two bus waveguides. When the free-standing ring is bended by the optical gradient force, the output transmission signal is tuned from the on-state to the off-state of the switch. The NEMS optical switch shows a switching time of 43.5 ns and a switching contrast of more than 25 dB. With its chip-scale integrability, the optical switch has potential applications in signal processing and high-speed optical communication networks. (C) 2013 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4775674]

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