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在芯片上完全光学控制光线
Vilson R Almeida1, Carlos A Barrios, Roberto R Panepucci
1School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
Nature
|October 29, 2004
概括
研究人员在光子电路中使用新型的限制光结构演示了快速全光学切换. 这一突破使得芯片上高效的光学调制与低能耗成为可能.
科学领域:
- 光子学和光学工程 光子学和光学工程
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 集成光学 集成光学 集成光学
背景情况:
- 光子电路旨在控制光通信的光流,是理想的平台.
- 现有的光子结构缺乏动态调制能力.
- 由于的弱非线性光学特性,实现全光学切换是很困难的,需要高功率和大型非平面结构.
研究的目的:
- 通过实验证明了中的快速全光学切换.
- 为了克服以前基于的光学开关方法的局限性.
- 为了使光学调制能够有效地集成到芯片上.
主要方法:
- 利用高度限制光的结构来增强对折射率变化的光敏感性.
- 采用低能光脉冲进行调制.
- 对光学开关性能进行实验演示.
主要成果:
- 实现高达94%的光传输调制.
- 已证明的切换速度在500皮秒以下.
- 需要低脉冲能量,低至25皮科朱尔.
结论:
- 在中使用共振结构成功演示了快速全光学切换.
- 开发的结构增强了光束的限制,从而实现了高效的光学调制.
- 这项工作为基于的实际芯片上的光通信组件铺平了道路.
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