DocumentCode :
3384287
Title :
Photonic Transistors based on Gain and Absorption Manipulation of Optical Interference
Author :
Huang, Yingyan ; Ho, Seng-Tiong
Author_Institution :
Northwestern Univ., Evanston
fYear :
2007
fDate :
19-22 Aug. 2007
Firstpage :
137
Lastpage :
138
Abstract :
A novel semiconductor photonic transistor employing gain and absorption manipulation of optical interference is proposed. These devices could have a transistor figure of merits >105 times higher than chi(3) approaches and are highly attractive.
Keywords :
light interference; optical switches; phototransistors; absorption manipulation; all-optical switch; gain manipulation; optical interference; semiconductor photonic transistor; third-order optical nonlinearity; Absorption; Interference; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Power semiconductor switches; Semiconductor waveguides; Ultrafast optics; all-optical switch; photonic transistor;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2007
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1122-X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2007.4300782
Filename :
4300782
Link To Document :
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