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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627667
