Ultracompact, low-power and ultrafast optical switching based on silicon photonic crystals

IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 46-48

  Beggs, D M ^a   Kampfrath, T ^b   Burresi, M ^b   Van Oosten, D ^b   White, T P ^a   O'Faolain, L ^a   Krauss, T F ^a   Kuipers, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Directional coupler; Optical buffer; Optical switching; Photonic crystal waveguides; Pump probe; Slow light; Ultrafast

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL BUFFER; OPTICAL SWITCHING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; PUMP-PROBE; ULTRA-FAST;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; LASER OPTICS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PROBES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPS; SLOW LIGHT; SWITCHING; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVEGUIDES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 77951038355     PISSN: 19492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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