Picosecond photonic switching in silicon-on-sapphire waveguides

Dominique Berard; Nicole A. Paraire; Gilbert Martinelli; Alain Koster

doi:10.1117/12.20654

1 August 1990 Picosecond photonic switching in silicon-on-sapphire waveguides

Dominique Berard, Nicole A. Paraire, Gilbert Martinelli, Alain Koster

Proceedings Volume 1280, High Speed Phenomena in Photonic Materials and Optical Bistability; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.20654
Event: The International Congress on Optical Science and Engineering, 1990, The Hague, Netherlands

Abstract

A silicon film sandwiched between a sapphire substrate and a silver layer is used as a nonlinear optical waveguide. The geometrical characteristics of the film and grating coupler have been optimized. This device has been studied in the nonlinear regime using nanosecond and picosecond exciting pulses. Very fast switchings are obtained which can be explained theoretically.

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Dominique Berard, Nicole A. Paraire, Gilbert Martinelli, and Alain Koster "Picosecond photonic switching in silicon-on-sapphire waveguides", Proc. SPIE 1280, High Speed Phenomena in Photonic Materials and Optical Bistability, (1 August 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.20654

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