Abstract
All-optical switching is achieved at an extremely low energy by using silicon photonic crystal nanocavities with a large Q/V. Optical bistability is demonstrated using these devices, which present the possibility of fabricating all-optical photonic integrated logic gates on a chip.
© 2008 Optical Society of America
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