• 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
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3384287