Fast nonlinear all-optical switching in a compact semiconductor microring resonator

Author

Ibrahim, T.A. ; Van, V. ; Ritter, K. ; Absil, P.P. ; Johnson, F.G. ; Grover, R. ; Goldhar, J. ; Ho, P.-T.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Phys. Sci., College Park, MD, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

519

Abstract

We report the first experimental observations and measurements of nonlinear all-optical switching in GaAs/AlGaAs microring resonators. The carrier-induced nonlinear switching phenomenon is demonstrated in the pump-and-probe configuration. Measured data are in good agreement with the theory. The micro-resonators used in this study, comprise of a single 10 μm radius GaAs/AlGaAs microring vertically coupled to a straight waveguide. These microrings have quality factors of 10,000 and an estimated field enhancement factor of about 4

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; Q-factor; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; micro-optics; micromechanical resonators; nonlinear optics; optical directional couplers; optical pumping; optical resonators; optical switches; optical waveguides; 20 micron; GaAs-AlGaAs; GaAs/AlGaAs microring; GaAs/AlGaAs microring resonators; carrier-induced nonlinear switching phenomenon; compact semiconductor microring resonator; estimated field enhancement factor; fast nonlinear all-optical switching; micro-resonators; pump-and-probe configuration; quality factors; straight waveguide; vertically coupled; Absorption; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Power semiconductor switches; Probes; Pulse modulation; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7105-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2001.968904

Filename

968904