Bistability and excitability in 2D Photonic Crystal nanocavities

Author

Yacomotti, A.M. ; Brunstein, M. ; Sagnes, I. ; Raineri, F. ; Levenson, J.A.

Author_Institution

Lab. de Photonique et de Nanostruct., CNRS, Marcoussis, France

fYear

2011

fDate

22-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

2DPC nanocavity excitable response is demonstrated here for the first time and can be considered as a potential neuron-like ultrafast system. We implement an InP-based L3 2DPC nanocavity. The cavity resonance is evanescently probed through an adiabatically tapered fiber. The coupling efficiency is -40%. The optical resonance of the L3 cavity, centred at -1.55 μm with a loaded quality factor of Q≅2485 is observed. The OB is achieved by probing the optical mode through the tapered fiber with a nearly resonant CW signal.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; Q-factor; indium compounds; nanophotonics; optical bistability; optical fibres; photonic crystals; 2D photonic crystal nanocavities; InP; adiabatically tapered fiber; cavity resonance; coupling efficiency; loaded quality factor; nearly resonant CW signal; neuron-like ultrafast system; optical bistability; optical excitability; optical resonance; Biology; Biomedical optical imaging; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical reflection; Optical refraction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0533-5

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942647

Filename

5942647