All-optical nonlinear switching in GaAs-AlGaAs microring resonators

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 74-76

  Van, V ^a,b,c   Ibrahim, T A ^b,c   Ritter, K ^b,c   Absil, P P ^b,c   Johnson, F G ^b,c   Grover, R ^a,b,c   Goldhar, J ^b,c   Ho, P T ^b,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

All optical switching; Microrings; Photonic switching; Pump and probe; Semiconductor microresonators; Two photon absorption

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL NONLINEAR SWITCHING; MICRORING RESONATORS; PUMP-AND-PROBE BEAMS; SEMICONDUCTOR MICRORESONATOR; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 0036182244     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.974166     Document Type: Article

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