Title :
Saturation broadening effect in an InP photonic-crystal nanocavity switch
Author :
Yi Yu ; Palushani, Evarist ; Heuck, Mikkel ; Vukovic, Dragana ; Peucheret, Christophe ; Yvind, Kresten ; Mork, Jesper
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
Pump-probe measurements on InP photonic-crystal nanocavities show large-contrast fast switching at low pulse energy. For large pulse energies, large resonance shifts passing across the probe lead to switching contrast saturation and switching time-window broadening.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; nanophotonics; optical switches; photonic crystals; wide band gap semiconductors; InP; large-contrast fast switching; low pulse energy; photonic crystal nanocavity switch; pump-probe measurements; resonance shifts; saturation broadening effect; switching contrast saturation; switching time-window broadening; Cavity resonators; Energy measurement; Indium phosphide; Optical switches; Photonics; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
