• DocumentCode
    2107427
  • Title

    GaN/AlN Nonlinear Optical Waveguides for Ultrafast Intersubband All-Optical Switching

  • Author

    Li, Yan ; Bhattacharyya, Anirban ; Thomidis, Christos ; Moustakas, Theodore D. ; Paiella, Roberto

  • Author_Institution
    Boston Univ., Boston
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    21-25 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    894
  • Lastpage
    895
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate self- and cross-absorption modulation based on near-infrared intersubband transitions in GaN/AlN quantum-well waveguides with record low values of the required absorption saturation power.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; optical saturable absorption; optical switches; optical waveguides; semiconductor quantum wells; wide band gap semiconductors; GaN-AlN; absorption saturation power; cross-absorption modulation; near-infrared intersubband transitions; nonlinear optical waveguides; quantum-well waveguides; self-absorption modulation; ultrafast intersubband all-optical switching; Absorption; Gallium nitride; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical recording; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Quantum wells; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide transitions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Lake Buena Vista, FL
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0925-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382697
  • Filename
    4382697