• DocumentCode
    3627375
  • Title

    Ultra Fast Nonlinear Optical Tuning of Photonic Crystal Cavities

  • Author

    Ilya Fushman;Dirk Englund;Jelena Vuckovic;Edo Waks;Nick Stoltz;Pierre Petroff

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University. ifushman@stanford.edu
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    5/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate fast (up to 20 GHz), low power (5 muW) modulation of photonic crystal cavities in GaAs containing InAs quantum dots. Modulation is achieved via free carrier injection by an above-band picosecond laser pulse.
  • Keywords
    "Optical tuning","Photonic crystals","Gallium arsenide","Fiber nonlinear optics","Optical buffering","Optical pumping","Optical refraction","Optical variables control","Ultrafast optics","Laser tuning"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2160-9004
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452436
  • Filename
    4452436