A nanoelectromechanical systems optical switch driven by optical gradient force

• Main Authors: Dong, Bin, Lo, Guo-Qing, Liu, Ai Qin, Kwong, Dim Lee, Tao, J. F., Ding, L., Tsai, J. M., Cai, H.
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Nanotechnology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96529; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9882
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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 t...