Optical gradient force for all-optical control in photonic circuits

• Main Author: Xu, Kaijun.
• Other Authors: Liu Aiqun
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Optics, optoelectronics, photonics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/46714
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this project, we apply the optical gradient force in a slot-waveguide structure for all-optical control of a mechanically variable waveguide structure. The optical gradient force is ideal for realising all-optical control since it offers immense design flexibility, low power operation an...