Title :
Ultrafast all-optical switching using near-infrared intersubband transitions in InGaAs/AlAsSb quantum well structures
Author :
Yoshid, H. ; Mozume, Teruo ; Neogi, A. ; Georgiev, N. ; Akiyama, Toyokazu ; Wada, O.
Author_Institution :
FESTA Labs., Femtosecond Tech. Res. Assoc., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The intersubband transition (ISB-T) in quantum wells is attractive due to its ultrafast relaxation, large transition dipole moment, and widely tunable transition wavelength. Various proposals and feasibility studies of ultrafast optoelectronic devices utilizing the ISB-T, such as all-optical switch or modulator, have been reported. Recently ISB-T at communication wavelengths, from 1.3 /spl mu/m to 1.55 /spl mu/m, was reported for InGaAs-AlAsSb quantum wells. However, the experimental study of intersubband relaxation dynamics, which is very important for ultrafast operation of ISB-T based optoelectronic devices has not yet been reported at the wavelength shorter than 2.5 /spl mu/m. We show in this paper the first observation of picosecond all-optical switching based on the ISB-T at the near-infrared wavelengths down to sub-2 /spl mu/m range in InGaAs-AlAsSb quantum well lattice-matched on InP substrate.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical switches; optical tuning; semiconductor quantum wells; 1.3 mum; 1.55 mum; ISB-T based optoelectronic devices; InGaAs-AlAsSb; InGaAs-AlAsSb quantum wells; InP; InP substrate; all-optical modulator; all-optical switch; communication wavelengths; intersubband relaxation dynamic; large transition dipole moment; lattice-matched; near-infrared intersubband transitions; near-infrared wavelengths; picosecond all-optical switching; ultrafast all-optical switching; ultrafast operation; ultrafast optoelectronic devices; ultrafast relaxation; widely tunable transition wavelength; Indium gallium arsenide;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.907113