Title :
Hitless low-power all-optical absorption based switching with organics on silicon
Author :
Hou, Taige ; Wen, Henry ; Kuzucu, Onur ; Hales, Joel ; Matichak, Jonathan D. ; Barlow, Stephen ; Perry, Joseph ; Jang, Sei-Hum ; Marder, Seth R. ; Jen, Alex ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical switching of a silicon ring-resonator using two photon absorption of engineered organic materials. We show hitless switching of 7dB change in extinction with power dissipation of 400 fJ/op.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; nonlinear optics; optical switches; organic compounds; silicon; Si; engineered organic materials; hitless low-power all-optical absorption based switching; silicon ring-resonator; two photon absorption; Absorption; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
