• DocumentCode
    2862140
  • Title

    All optical switching using carbon nanotubes loaded planar waveguide

  • Author

    Kashiwagi, Ken ; Yamashita, Shinji ; Yaguchi, Hiroshi ; Seong Goh, Chee ; Yun Set, Sze

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We realized, for the first time, NOLM-type all optical switching with carbon nanotubes loaded planar waveguide. ~20% splitting ratio contrast has been achieved using just 1 cm-long carbon nanotubes loaded planar waveguide.
  • Keywords
    carbon nanotubes; mirrors; optical materials; optical planar waveguides; optical switches; C; NOLM-type all-optical switching; carbon nanotubes; nonlinear optical loop mirror configuration; planar waveguide; size 1 cm; splitting ratio contrast; Carbon nanotubes; Loaded waveguides; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical planar waveguides; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Ultrafast optics; (190.4360) Nonlinear optics, devices; (230.7390) Waveguides, planar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627667
  • Filename
    4627667