Compact Optical Switches and Modulators Based on Dispersion Engineered Photonic Crystals
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2010
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O'Faolain, Liam
Beggs, Daryl M.
White, Thomas
Kampfrath, Tobias
Kuipers, L. (Kobus)
Krauss, Thomas F.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc)
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We use slow-light photonic crystals to enhance optical switching and modulation in silicon. By using dispersion-engineered designs, a switch as short as 5 μm was achieved, in which we have demonstrated rerouting of optical pulses on a 3-ps time scale thr
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Keywords: Bandwidth product; Extinction ratios; Femtosecond pulse; Flat band; Large groups; Nonlinear effect; Nonlinear effects; Optical pulse; Optical switching; Photonic nanostructures; Time-scales; Ultrafast nonlinear; Dispersions; Electromagnetic pulse; Light m Engineered photonic nanostructures; Nonlinear effects; Photonic crystals; Silicon nanophotonics; Slow light; Ultrafast nonlinear processes
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IEEE Photonics Journal
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