All-optical polariton transistor

Author

Ballarini, D. ; De Giorgi, M. ; Cancellieri, E. ; Houdre, R. ; Giacobino, E. ; Cingolani, R. ; Bramati, A. ; Gigli, Giuseppe ; Sanvitto, D.

Author_Institution

Ist. Italiano di Tecnol. (IIT - Lecce), Lecce, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

12-16 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Optical technology has proved to be the best choice for the transmission of information at high data rate over long distances. However, the implementation of high-speed, low-energy, all-optical logics in semiconductors represents a formidable challenge due to the intrinsic difficulty of all-optical devices to satisfy the basic system requirements [1]. In particular, cascadability is difficult to obtain in optical systems, and it is assured only if the output of one stage is in the correct form to drive the input of the next stage. In this context, we demonstrate a scheme of all-optical transistor based on exciton polaritons in semiconductor microcavities, which exhibits full connectivity in the same chip plane.

Keywords

excitons; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optics; microcavities; optical communication equipment; optical logic; polaritons; semiconductor materials; transistors; all-optical polariton transistor; exciton polaritons; high-speed low-energy all-optical logics; information transmission; optical technology; semiconductor microcavities; Adaptive optics; Fluids; High-speed optical techniques; Logic gates; Microcavities; Photonics; Transistors;

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.2013.6801821

Filename

6801821