• DocumentCode
    2240240
  • Title

    Low-Power Photonic Crystal All-Optical Switching

  • Author

    Hu, Xiaoyong ; Jiang, Ping ; Ding, Chengyuan ; Yang, Hong ; Gong, Qihuang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Peking Univ., Beijing
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    26-31 Aug. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An all-optical switching is realized in a nonlinear photonic crystal made of polystyrene doped with nonlinear optical dye IR140. The operating energy is as low as 0.5 nJ and the response time is about 1 ps.
  • Keywords
    dyes; nonlinear optics; optical polymers; optical switches; photonic crystals; all-optical switching; low-power nonlinear photonic crystal; operating energy; optical dye IR140; polystyrene; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical network units; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystals; Probes; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1173-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1174-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391232
  • Filename
    4391232