Photonic Crystal Nanocavities: Slow Light, All-optical; Processing, Wavelength Conversion, Optical MEMS

Author

Notomi, Masaya ; Tanabe, Takasumi ; Kuramochi, Eiichi ; Shinya, Akihiko ; Taniyama, Hideaki

Author_Institution

NTT Basic Res. Lab., NTT Corp., Atsugi

fYear

2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We discuss several interesting applications of ultrahigh-Q and ultrasmall nanocavities recently realized in silicon photonic-crystal slabs: 1) All-dielectric slow-light media, 2) All-optical bistable switching elements towards all-optical logic chips, 3) Adiabatic wavelength conversion, 4) Super-efficient optomechanical energy converter.

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; micro-optomechanical devices; microcavities; microswitches; optical bistability; optical logic; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; photonic crystals; silicon; Si; adiabatic wavelength conversion; all-dielectric slow-light media; all-optical bistable switching elements; all-optical logic chips; all-optical processing; optical MEMS; silicon photonic crystal slabs; slow-light optical processing; super-efficient optomechanical energy converter; ultrahigh-Q ultrasmall nanocavities; Logic; Micromechanical devices; Optical bistability; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic crystals; Silicon; Slabs; Slow light; Switching converters; Wavelength converters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Group IV Photonics, 2007 4th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0934-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GROUP4.2007.4347721

Filename

4347721