Title :
Ultrafast Organic Photonic Crystal Optical Switching
Author :
Hu, Xiaoyong ; Jiang, Ping ; Yang, Hong ; Gong, Qihuang
Author_Institution :
Peking Univ., Beijing
Abstract :
An all-optical switching with an ultrafast response time of femtosecond order is demonstrated in a two-dimensional polystyrene photonic crystal excited by a 9.7 MW/cm2 pump laser. High switching efficiency of about 70 % is achieved.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical polymers; optical pumping; optical switches; photonic crystals; pump laser; switching efficiency; two-dimensional polystyrene photonic crystal; ultrafast all-optical switching; Communication switching; Laser excitation; Microcavities; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical pumping; Photonic crystals; Probes; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453183
