DocumentCode
2990131
Title
Ultrafast Intersubband Transition All-optical Switch with Improved Performance in Wide-Gap II-VI Quantum Wells
Author
Akimoto, R. ; Akita, K. ; Hasama, H. ; Ishikawa, H.
Author_Institution
National Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ultrafast Photonic Devices Laboratory, AIST, Tsukuba Central 2-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan, r-akimoto@aist.go.jp
fYear
2006
fDate
24-28 Sept. 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Ultrafast all-optical switch using intersubband transition in wide-gap II-VI-based quantum well, featured by separate confinement heterostructure and narrow high-mesa waveguide was developed. A 50% reduction of operation energy with sub-ps response still kept is achieved.
Keywords
Communication switching; Gallium arsenide; Optical devices; Optical refraction; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN
978-2-912328-39-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801116
Filename
4801116
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