DocumentCode
1772268
Title
All-optical ultrafast control of SOI waveguide elements employing localized absorption
Author
Bruck, Roman ; Muskens, Otto L.
Author_Institution
Fac. of Phys. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
An on-chip technique for all-optical ultrafast control of silicon photonic elements was demonstrated by controlling transmission of SOI multimode interference-devices. Localized absorption by free carriers generated by ultraviolet pump pulses was used for achieving control.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; light absorption; light interference; light transmission; optical control; optical pumping; optical waveguides; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; ultraviolet spectra; SOI multimode interference-devices; SOI waveguide elements; Si; all-optical ultrafast control; localized absorption; on-chip technique; optical transmission control; silicon photonic elements; silicon-on-insulator; ultraviolet pump pulses; Absorption; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical waveguides; Probes; Silicon; Silicon-on-insulator;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6989858
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