Sequential operations of quantum dot/photonic crystal all-optical switch with high repetitive frequency pumping

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1241-1247

  Kitagawa, Yoshinori ^a   Ozaki, Nobuhiko ^a   Takata, Yoshiaki ^a   Ikeda, Naoki ^b   Watanabe, Yoshinori ^a   Sugimoto, Yoshimasa ^a,b   Asakawa, Kiyoshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

All optical devices; Photonic crystals; Quantum dot devices; Ultra fast nonlinear optics

Indexed keywords

ALL OPTICAL SWITCH; ALL-OPTICAL DEVICES; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; GROUP VELOCITIES; IN-VACUUM; OPTICAL NONLINEAR; PC WAVEGUIDES; PROBE PULSE; PULSE ENERGIES; PUMP PULSE; QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM-DOT DEVICES; REPETITION FREQUENCY; REPETITION RATE; SEQUENTIAL OPERATIONS; SINGLE PUMPS; SWITCH OPERATION; SYMMETRIC MACH-ZEHNDER; TIME RESPONSE; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRA-FAST NONLINEAR OPTICS; ULTRA-SMALL;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; LIGHT; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PUMPS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 65949086381     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.2005270     Document Type: Article

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