Title :
III-V-Based photonic crystal technology for integrated all-optical processing
Author :
Combrié, Sylvain ; Husko, Chad ; Colman, Pierre ; Tran, Quynh Vy ; Raineri, Fabrice ; De Rossi, Alfredo
Author_Institution :
Thales Res. & Technol., Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We report on the dramatic enhancement of the nonlinear response in ultra-compact photonic crystal waveguides and cavities based on III-Vs. Ultra-fast operations (gating, demultiplexing, re-timing and re-shaping) could be performed with mW power.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; cavity resonators; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optical information processing; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; III-V-based photonic crystal technology; integrated all-optical processing; nonlinear response; photonic crystal cavities; ultra-compact photonic crystal waveguides; ultra-fast operations; Frequency conversion; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical pulse compression; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic crystals; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
