• DocumentCode
    2261655
  • Title

    High-temperature all-optical intersubband terahertz wave switch

  • Author

    Waldmueller, Ines ; Chow, WengW ; Wanke, Michael C.

  • Author_Institution
    Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We propose an intersubband all-optical THz switch. Adjusting the optical control switch beam even strong THz probe signals with intensities of up to 1 MW/cm2 can be modulated with extinction ratios of -80 dB/mm.
  • Keywords
    optical modulation; optical switches; THz probe signals; extinction ratios; high-temperature all-optical switch; intersubband terahertz wave switch; optical control switch beam; optical modulation; Extinction ratio; Intensity modulation; Metamaterials; Optical control; Optical modulation; Optical switches; Photonics; Probes; Quantum well devices; Submillimeter wave technology; (230.4205) Multiple quantum well (MQW) modulators; (230.5590) Quantum-well, -wire and -dot devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572573
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2261655