Title :
PC-SMZ-Based All-Optical Flip-Flop Switch : PC-FF
Author :
Asakawa, Kiyoshi
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Tsukuba, Tsukuba
Abstract :
Recent development of a symmetric Mach-Zehnder type, ultra-small and ultra-fast all-optical switch (PC-SMZ) composed of GaAs-based two-dimensional photonic crystal (2DPC) waveguides and InAs-quantum dots (QDs) has resulted in a new proposal of a PC-based optical flip-flop switch (PC-FF). Nano-photonic technologies involving state-of-the-art PC-SMZ and new problems for the PC-FF are reviewed.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium compounds; indium compounds; optical logic; optical switches; optical waveguides; semiconductor quantum dots; 2D photonic crystal waveguides; GaAs; InAs; PC-FF; PC-SMZ; all-optical flip-flop switch; nanophotonic technologies; quantum dots; symmetric Mach-Zehnder switch; ultra-fast all-optical switch; ultra-small optical switch; Arm; Clocks; Flip-flops; Optical control; Optical coupling; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296133
