Journal
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 94, Issue 24, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3153989
Keywords
nanophotonics; optical directional couplers; optical materials; optical pulse generation; photonic crystals; silicon; slow light
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- EU [FP6-FET]
- NWO
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We demonstrate that two coupled photonic-crystal waveguides can route two subsequently arriving light pulses to different output ports even though the pulses are only 3 ps apart. This rerouting of light is due to an ultrafast shift in the transmittance spectrum triggered by the generation of electrons and holes in the Si base material by a femtosecond laser pulse. The use of slow-light modes allows for a coupler length of only 5.2 mu m. Since these modes are not directly involved, the 3 ps dead time is solely determined by the duration of the input pulse rather than its transit time through the device.
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