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Fiber all-optical light control with low-dimensional materials (LDMs): thermo-optic effect and saturable absorption
Zhengpeng Shao1, Cong Wang2, Kan Wu1
1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200240 China kanwu@sjtu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
In this paper, we review the recent studies on all-optical light control based on two main nonlinear mechanisms in LDMs: the thermo-optic effect and saturable absorption. The compactness of LDMs makes them the ideal medium for all-optical control systems. Many all-optical devices are demonstrated based on the properties of thermo-optic effects and saturable absorption. The materials characteristics and fabrication and the future prospects for all-optical control will also be shown.
