Ultra-fast photonic crystal/quantum dot all-optical switch for future photonic networks

Author

Nakamura, Hitoshi ; Sugimoto, Yoshimasa ; Asakawa, Kiyoshi

Author_Institution

Femtosecond Technol. Res. Assoc., Tsukuba

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrated a novel two-dimensional photonic-crystal based Symmetric Mach Zehnder type all-optical switch (PC-SMZ) with InAs quantum dots acting as a nonlinear phase-shift source. The 600-mum-long PC-SMZ exhibited a 15-ps-wide switching-window at sufficiently low optical-energy of ~100 fJ.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; optical switches; photonic crystals; semiconductor quantum dots; 2D photonic-crystal; InAs; all-optical switch; nonlinear phase-shift source; photonic networks; semiconductor quantum dots; symmetric Mach Zehnder switch; ultrafast photonic crystal; Delay effects; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Quantum dots; Ultrafast optics; (190) Nonlinear optics; (190.4720) Optical nonlinearities of condensed matter; (230) Optical devices; (230.1150) All-optical devices; (320) Ultrafast optics; (320.7080) Ultrafast devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628030

Filename

4628030