Title :
High speed optical bistability in the cascaded silicon photonic crystal nanoresonantors
Author :
Yi Wang ; Mengxi Ji ; Zheng Wu ; Qingzhong Huang ; Jinsong Xia ; Jinzhong Yu
Author_Institution :
Wuhan Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate optical bistability (OB) in the cascaded silicon photonic crystal (SiPhC) nanoresonators using 10-GHz pulse light. The pulse energy to operate this device is less than 40 fJ with switching energy of 4.6 fJ.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; nanophotonics; optical bistability; optical resonators; optical switches; photonic crystals; silicon; Si; cascaded silicon photonic crystal nanoresonantors; energy 4.6 fJ; frequency 10 GHz; high speed optical bistability; pulse energy; pulse light; switching energy; Optical attenuators; Optical bistability; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Photonic crystals; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2282-6
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2014.6961973
