All optical switching in ultrashort photonic crystal couplers

被引：37

作者：

Locatelli, A ^{[1
]}

Modotto, D ^{[1
]}

Paloschi, D ^{[1
]}

De Angelis, C ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Brescia, INFM, Dipartimento Elettron Automaz, I-25123 Brescia, Italy

来源：

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 2004年 / 237卷 / 1-3期

关键词：

integrated optics; photonic crystals; directional couplers; optical Kerr effect;

D O I：

10.1016/j.optcom.2004.03.081

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate the possibility of performing all optical switching in ultrashort photonic crystal couplers. The proposed structure exploits the AlGaAs Kerr nonlinearity to obtain an ultracompact power-controlled switch. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：97 / 102

页数：6

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