Title :
All-optical switch on a silicon chip
Author :
Almeida, Vilson R. ; Barrios, Carlos A. ; Panepucci, Roberto R. ; Lipson, Michal ; Foster, Mark A. ; Ouzounov, Dimitre G. ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical switching on silicon using highly confining microstructures. The transmission of the structures is modulated by more than 97% in less than 500 ps using light pulses with energies as low as 40 pJ
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optics; optical modulation; optical switches; all-optical switch; confining microstructures; silicon chip;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
