Title :
Ultrafast optical modulation using slow light photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Opheij, Aron ; Rotenberg, N. ; Beggs, D.M. ; Rey, Isabella H. ; Krauss, Thomas F. ; Kuipers, L.
Author_Institution :
Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Inst. AMOLF, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
In this work we use ultrafast pump-probe measurements to demonstrate a slow light photonic crystal (PhC) optical modulator that is based on free-carrier dispersion, and which operates in transmission.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical modulation; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; free-carrier dispersion; slow light photonic crystal waveguides; transmission; ultrafast optical modulation; ultrafast pump-probe measurements; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Slow light; Ultrafast optics;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801416
