title: Continuously tunable optical buffer with a dual silicon waveguide design.
abstract: We propose a design for an optical buffer that comprises two coupled silicon waveguides, which is capable of generating a large continuously tunable change in the propagation delay time. The optical delay can be varied by more than 100% through varying the spacing between the waveguides.
authors.affiliation: Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK. peh@orc.soton.ac.uk
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Horak
authors.forename: Will
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Wei H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Loh
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D004867:Equipment Design; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055096:Optical Devices; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012825:Silicon