Optical switch having photonic crystal structure

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2007-08-28

2007-08-28

Pak, Sung (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

Switch

C385S040000, C385S130000, C359S320000, C359S322000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11181722

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an optical switch having a photonic crystal structure. An optical switch of the invention has a slab optical waveguide structure whose core (35) has a two-dimensional photonic crystal structure where two or more media (33, 34) with different refractive indices are alternately and regularly arranged in a two-dimensional manner. The photonic crystal structure comprises: a line-defect waveguide; and means for altering the refractive index of the line-defect waveguide.

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