Title :
Saturable absorption in vertically inserted and overlaid monolayer-graphene in optical waveguide for all-optical switching
Author :
Takahashi, Masaharu ; Ueda, Wakiko ; Goto, Nasato ; Yanagiya, Shin-ichiro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Opt. Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Abstract :
Optical saturable absorption through monolayer graphene vertically inserted between fibers and overlaid on an ion-exchanged waveguide was measured for picosecond switching application. Modulation depth of absorption larger than 10dB was obtained in the latter structure.
Keywords :
graphene; optical films; optical materials; optical saturable absorption; optical switches; optical waveguides; all-optical switching; ion exchanged waveguide; optical saturable absorption; optical waveguide; overlaid monolayer-graphene; picosecond switching application; vertically inserted monolayer-graphene; Absorption; Graphene; Optical attenuators; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656597
