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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
