DocumentCode
1917667
Title
All-optical switching of a microcavity repeated at terahertz clock rates
Author
Yuce, Erkan ; Ctistis, Georgios ; Claudon, Julien ; Dupuy, Emmanuel ; Buijs, Robin D. ; de Ronde, Bob ; Mosk, Allard P. ; Gerard, Jean-Michel ; Vos, Willem L.
Author_Institution
Complex Photonic Syst. (COPS), Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
fYear
2013
fDate
12-16 May 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
We exploit the electronic Kerr effect that enables switching of the cavity faster than all relevant time scales. We employ the virtually instantaneous electronic Kerr effect to repeatedly and reproducibly switch a GaAs-AlAs planar microcavity made by MBE growth that operates in the telecom O-band (λ=1300 nm).
Keywords
aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; microcavities; molecular beam epitaxial growth; optical Kerr effect; optical fabrication; optical switches; GaAs-AlAs; GaAs-AlAs planar microcavity; MBE growth; all-optical switching; electronic Kerr effect; semiconductor microcavities; telecom O-band; terahertz clock rates; wavelength 1300 nm; Kerr effect; Microcavities; Optical switches; Photonics; Telecommunications; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location
Munich
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-0593-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801028
Filename
6801028
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