• DocumentCode
    2984105
  • Title

    A room temperature all-optical polarization switch based on the excitation of spin-polarized "virtual" carriers in quantum wells

  • Author

    Yildirim, Murat ; Prineas, John P. ; Gansen, Eric J. ; Smirl, Arthur L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Iowa Univ., Iowa City, IA, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1587
  • Abstract
    Room temperature operation of a polarization switch based on virtual excitation of spin-polarized carriers in quantum wells is demonstrated, which exhibits a contrast ratio of ∼27:1 and a switching time of ∼575 fs.
  • Keywords
    excited states; high-speed optical techniques; light polarisation; optical switches; quantum well devices; 293 to 298 K; 575 fs; all-optical switch; carrier excitation; contrast ratio; polarization switch; quantum wells; room temperature operation; spin-polarized carriers; virtual carriers; virtual excitation; Absorption; Cities and towns; Excitons; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Quantum well devices; Resonance; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202207
  • Filename
    1573273
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2984105