Low-power all-optical switch based on time-reversed microring laser

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2229-2235

  Mock, Adam ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coherent effects; integrated nanophotonic systems; modeling; optics; Theory and design; waveguide devices

Indexed keywords

ALL OPTICAL SWITCH; COHERENT EFFECT; COHERENT INTERFERENCE; COUPLING OF MODES; DIGITAL SIGNALS; DIRECT DETECTION; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; INTEGRATED NANOPHOTONIC SYSTEMS; LOW POWER; MICRORING LASER; MICRORING RESONATOR; MICRORINGS; NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE INDEX; OPERATING PRINCIPLES; TIME-REVERSED; WAVEGUIDE DEVICE;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MODELS; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICS;

LASERS;

EID: 84871031143     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2229265     Document Type: Article

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