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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801116
