All optical switching in ultrashort photonic crystal couplers

被引：37
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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.
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页码：97 / 102
页数：6
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