Title :
Low power all-optical switching in a gallium arsenide photonic molecule
Author :
Bose, Ranojoy ; Pelc, Jason S. ; Santori, Charles M. ; Beausoleil, Raymond G.
Author_Institution :
Hewlett Packard Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate low power all-optical switching in a gallium arsenide (GaAs) photonic molecule with resonances near the material band edge. The enhanced nonlinear effects in this spectral region result in a low estimated switching energy of a few femtojoules with 45% transmission contrast.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; light transmission; optical switches; GaAs; gallium arsenide photonic molecule; low power all-optical switching; material band edge; nonlinear effects; spectral region; switching energy; transmission contrast; Cavity resonators; Gallium arsenide; Laser beams; Optical switches; Photonic crystals; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
