Title :
Room temperature photo-induced kerr effects in semiconductor microcavities
Author :
Bahbah, S. ; Frey, R. ; Andre, R. ; Flytzanis, C. ; Roosen, G.
Author_Institution :
Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l´´Institut d´´Optique, Univ. de Paris-Sud, Orsay
Abstract :
We show that giant polarization rotations and ellipticity changes can be photo-induced in semiconductor microcavities at room temperature. This sensitive (few muJ/cm2) polarization technique could be useful for high contrast parallel optical signal processing
Keywords :
light polarisation; micro-optics; microcavities; optical Kerr effect; optical information processing; optical rotation; reflectivity; giant polarization rotations; optical signal processing; room temperature photoinduced Kerr effects; semiconductor microcavities; Laboratories; Microcavities; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Quantum well devices; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4