Title :
Ultimate fast optical switching of a semiconductor photonic microcavity
Author :
Ctistis, Georgios ; Yüce, Emre ; Hartsuiker, Alex ; Bazin, Maela ; Claudon, Julien ; Gérard, Jean-Michel ; Vos, Willem L.
Author_Institution :
MESA+ Inst. for Nanotechnol., Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Abstract :
We present ultrafast pump-probe reflectivity measurements on semiconductor microcavities with a resonance at telecom wavelengths. We observe an ultimate fast red shift and recovery of the cavity resonance due to the instantaneous electronic Kerr effect.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; microcavities; red shift; cavity resonance; instantaneous electronic Kerr effect; semiconductor photonic microcavity; telecom wavelengths; ultimate fast optical switching; ultimate fast red shift; ultrafast pump-probe reflectivity measurements; Cavity resonators; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943575
