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
fDate :
5/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
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"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Electronic_ISBN :
2160-9004
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452436
