Title :
Control of the nonlinear response time of AlGaAs photonic crystal waveguides by sample design
Author :
Murzyn, P. ; Deniz, A. Z Garcia ; Kundys, D.O. ; Fox, A.M. ; Wells, J.-P.R. ; Whittaker, D.M. ; Skolnick, M.S. ; Krauss, T.F. ; Roberts, J.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield
Abstract :
We demonstrate the picosecond switching in 1D AlGaAs photonic crystal waveguides. We show the decay times vary with the structure parameters demonstrating excellent potential for ultrafast nonlinear switches with a controllable recovery time.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; optical switches; optical waveguides; AlGaAs; nonlinear response time control; photonic crystal waveguides; picosecond switching; ultrafast nonlinear switches; Delay; Etching; Optical control; Optical waveguides; Personal communication networks; Photonic crystals; Physics; Reflectivity; Refractive index; Resonance;
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.2006.4629145
