Title :
All-Optical Non-Linear Switching in Active Microdisks
Author :
Amarnath, Kuldeep ; Ding, Tie-Nan ; Ho, Ping-Tong
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Maryland, College Park
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical pump-probe switching in electrically-pumped microdisks fabricated on InGaAsP/InP using gain-saturation optical non-linearity to achieve switching at lower powers than in passive devices. A pseudo-microdisk design combines the best of microrings and disks.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; micro-optics; nonlinear optics; optical switches; InGaAsP-InP; active microdisks; all-optical non-linear switching; all-optical pump-probe switching; electrically-pumped microdisks; gain-saturation optical non-linearity; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Probes; Pump lasers; Resonance; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452544
