• DocumentCode
    1772207
  • Title

    Hydrogenated amorphous silicon microcylindrical resonators for ultrafast modulation

  • Author

    Vukovic, Natasha ; Healy, Noel ; Suhailin, F.H. ; Mehta, P. ; Day, T.D. ; Badding, J.V. ; Peacock, Anna C.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on the large Kerr induced wavelength shift observed in our hydrogenated amorphous silicon microresonators and demonstrate their use for all-optical modulation and switching on picosecond time scales with only subpicojoule pulse energies.
  • Keywords
    amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; hydrogen; micro-optics; microcavities; optical Kerr effect; optical modulation; optical switches; silicon; Kerr-induced wavelength shift; Si:H; all-optical modulation; all-optical switching; hydrogenated amorphous silicon microcylindrical resonators; microresonators; picosecond time scales; subpicojoule pulse energies; ultrafast modulation; Microcavities; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989825
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1772207