DocumentCode
1670340
Title
An ultrafast all-optical silicon-based nanoring modulator
Author
Sederberg, S. ; Driedger, D. ; Elezzabi, A.Y.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Ultrafast-all optical switching in a silicon-based plasmonic nanoring resonator is proposed. Above bandgap pulses are used to photogenerate free carriers, modifying the refractive index of the silicon and shifting the nanoring resonance.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; nanophotonics; optical modulation; plasmonics; silicon; Si; bandgap pulse; nanoring resonance; photogenerated free carrier; plasmonic nanoring resonator; refractive index; ultrafast all-optical nanoring modulator; Optical ring resonators; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Plasmons; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6326289
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