Ultrafast optical switching based on nonlinear polarization rotation in silicon waveguides
Source: Opt. Express 18, 11514 (2010); doi:10.1364/OE.18.011514
Issue Date: August 2010
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- 42.70.Nq
Other nonlinear optical materials; photorefractive and semiconductor materials - 81.05.-t
Specific materials: fabrication, treatment, testing and analysis - 42.65.Hw
Phase conjugation; photorefractive and Kerr effects - 42.65.Re
Ultrafast processes; optical pulse generation and pulse compression - 42.79.Hp
Optical processors, correlators, and modulators - 42.65.Yj
Optical parametric oscillators and amplifiers - 42.79.Gn
Optical waveguides and couplers - 42.82.Et
Optical waveguides, couplers, and arrays (integrated optics) - YEAR: 2010
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1553-9601 (online)
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We experimentally realize ultrafast all-optical switching in the 1.5-µm spectral region using cross-phase modulation inside a 5-mm long silicon waveguide. Modulation depths of up to 90% and switching window durations ~1 ps are achieved using 500-fs pump pulses with energies below 10 pJ.
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