• DocumentCode
    733325
  • Title

    Femtojoule optical switching in hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic crystal nanocavities

  • Author

    Pelc, Jason S. ; Bose, Ranojoy ; Santori, Charles ; Tho Tran ; Beausoleil, Raymond G.

  • Author_Institution
    Hewlett-Packard Labs., Palo Alto, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrated 1.5-μm-band optical switching using the Kerr effect in a-Si:H photonic crystal nanocavities. Switching with pulse energies down to 18 fJ using a degenerate pump-probe technique was observed in cavities with Q-factors up to 30,000.
  • Keywords
    amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical switches; photonic crystals; silicon; Kerr effect; Q-factors; Si; a-Si:H photonic crystal nanocavities; degenerate pump-probe technique; energy 18 fJ; femtojoule optical switching; hydrogenated amorphous silicon photonic crystal nanocavities; optical switching; wavelength 1.5 mum; Cavity resonators; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical switches; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183762
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=733325