DocumentCode
2896797
Title
Ultrafast all-optical switching in semiconductor quantum wells and quantum dots
Author
Wada, Osamu
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Kobe Univ., Japan
fYear
2005
fDate
12-17 June 2005
Firstpage
220
Abstract
Semiconductor-based femtosecond all-optical switches being developed for optical communications are described. Switching beyond 100 Gb/s has been demonstrated by a variety of principles including intersubband transition in quantum wells and absorption recovery in quantum dots.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; semiconductor quantum dots; semiconductor quantum wells; absorption recovery; femtosecond all-optical switch; intersubband transition; optical communication; semiconductor quantum dot; semiconductor quantum well; ultrafast all-optical switching; Absorption; Communication switching; Delay; Indium gallium arsenide; Optical switches; Polarization; Quantum dots; Semiconductor materials; Telecommunication switching; US Department of Transportation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8974-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568006
Filename
1568006
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