Title :
Lightwave switching in a semiconductor microring resonator by optical injection of carriers
Author :
Cao, Weilou ; Ibrahim, Tarek A. ; Kim, Y. ; Li, J. ; Goldhar, J. ; Ho, P.-T. ; Lee, Chi H.
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Phys. Sci., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate fast lightwave switching by carriers injection in a laterally coupled GaAs/AlGaAs microring resonator. Switching is due to refractive index change by carrier injection that shifts the microring resonance.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; carrier density; gallium arsenide; micro-optics; optical pumping; optical resonators; optical switches; optical waveguide components; refractive index; GaAs-AlGaAs; GaAs/AlGaAs microring resonator; carrier injection; electron-hole pairs; fast lightwave switching; laterally coupled microring resonator; microring resonance shift; optical pumping; optically injected carriers; refractive index change; semiconductor microring resonator; Aluminum compounds; Charge carrier density; Gallium compounds; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Optical waveguide components;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2002. International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN :
4-88552-187-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2002.1158896
