Title :
All-optical switching of a microcavity repeated at terahertz clock rates
Author :
Yuce, Erkan ; Ctistis, Georgios ; Claudon, Julien ; Dupuy, Emmanuel ; Buijs, Robin D. ; de Ronde, Bob ; Mosk, Allard P. ; Gerard, Jean-Michel ; Vos, Willem L.
Author_Institution :
Complex Photonic Syst. (COPS), Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Abstract :
We exploit the electronic Kerr effect that enables switching of the cavity faster than all relevant time scales. We employ the virtually instantaneous electronic Kerr effect to repeatedly and reproducibly switch a GaAs-AlAs planar microcavity made by MBE growth that operates in the telecom O-band (λ=1300 nm).
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; microcavities; molecular beam epitaxial growth; optical Kerr effect; optical fabrication; optical switches; GaAs-AlAs; GaAs-AlAs planar microcavity; MBE growth; all-optical switching; electronic Kerr effect; semiconductor microcavities; telecom O-band; terahertz clock rates; wavelength 1300 nm; Kerr effect; Microcavities; Optical switches; Photonics; Telecommunications; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0593-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801028
