Title :
All-optical switching in fiber-coupled photonic crystal resonator
Author :
Hwang, In-Kag ; Kim, Myung-ki ; Yang, Jin-Kyu ; Lee, Yong-Hee
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon
Abstract :
All-optical switching is demonstrated in a photonic crystal resonator evanescently coupled with a micro-fiber. Carrier-induced fast blueshift of resonant wavelength by 1.5 nm is observed at 980 nm pump energy of ~300 fJ.
Keywords :
holey fibres; micro-optics; optical bistability; optical fibre couplers; optical pumping; optical resonators; photonic crystals; spectral line shift; all-optical bistable switching; carrier-induced fast blueshift; energy 300 fJ; evanescent coupling; fiber-coupled photonic crystal resonator; microfiber; pump energy; wavelength 1.5 nm; wavelength 980 nm; Optical coupling; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Photonic crystals; Power generation; Resonance; Signal generators; Slabs; (230.1150) All-optical devices; (230.3990) Microstructure devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629144
