Title :
Modelling carrier transport of a photonic crystal cavity all-optical switch
Author :
Dias, Hugo ; Kaunga-Nyirenda, S. ; Lim, Jasmine J. ; Phillips, Andrew ; Larkins, Eric
Author_Institution :
Photonic & RF Eng. Group, Univ. of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Abstract :
We investigate the roles of carrier transport and surface recombination in an all optical switch based on a GaAs 2D photonic crystal nano-cavity.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; nanophotonics; optical switches; photonic crystals; surface recombination; GaAs; carrier transport; photonic crystal nanocavity all-optical switch; surface recombination; All optical switching; Photonic crystal; carrier diffusion; coupled mode theory; nano-cavity; semiconductor free surface;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching (PS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ajaccio
