All-optical switching in a laterally coupled microring resonator by carrier injection

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-38

  Ibrahim, Tarek A ^a,b   Cao, W ^a,b   Kim, Y ^a,b   Li, J ^a,b   Goldhar, J ^a,b   Ho, P T ^a,b   Lee, Chi H ^a,b  

^a LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

All optical switching; Carrier injection; Microresonators; Optical pumping; Pump and probe; Single photon absorption

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

ALL OPTICAL SWITCHING; BANDGAP ENERGY; CARRIER INJECTION; MICRORING RESONATOR; RING WAVEGUIDE; SINGLE PHOTON ABSORPTION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0037245598     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.805877     Document Type: Article

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