Spin-Dependent Polaritonic Flip-Flop Operation in Semiconductor Microcavity

Author

Wei Li Zhang ; Fen Wang ; Yun Jiang Rao ; Rui Ma ; Xiao Min Wu

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Opt. Fiber Sensing & Commun., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

Volume

33

Issue

18

fYear

2015

Firstpage

3933

Lastpage

3937

Abstract

An optical flip-flop operation (FFO) method using bistable characteristic of microcavity polaritons is studied theoretically. Through introduction and combination of triggering optical pulses with different polarizations, both intensity and polarization FFOs of polaritons are realized separately or simultaneously taking advantages of the spin-dependent characteristic of polaritons. In addition, influence of amplitude or width of the optical pulses is also discussed so as to optimize switching time of FFO.

Keywords

flip-flops; light polarisation; micro-optics; microcavities; optical bistability; optical logic; optical switches; polaritons; bistable characteristics; microcavity polaritons; optical flip-flop operation method; optical pulse amplitude; optical pulse width; polarization; semiconductor microcavity; spin-dependent polaritonic flip-flop operation; switching time; Flip-flops; Microcavities; Optical bistability; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Photonics; Bistability; Flip-flop operation; Polaritons; Polarization; Switching; flip-flop operation; polaritons; polarization; switching;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2015.2441877

Filename

7118117