Ultralow-power all-optical switching
- 18 April 2005
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 86 (17) , 171101
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1900956
Abstract
Using analytical modeling and detailed numerical simulations, we investigate properties of hybrid systems of photonic crystal microcavities which incorporate a highly nonlinear ultraSlow light medium. We demonstrate that such systems, while being miniature in size (order wavelength), and integrable, could enable ultrafast nonlinear all-optical switching at ultralow (even single photon) energy levels.Keywords
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