Carrier-induced optical bistability in silicon ring resonators
Optics Letters, Vol. 31, Issue 3, pp. 341-343 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.000341
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Abstract
We demonstrate optical bistability in a micrometer-sized silicon ring resonator based on the free-carrier dispersion effect in silicon. We measure the transfer function of the resonator showing a hysteresis loop with an input optical power of less than
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OCIS Codes
(130.4310) Integrated optics : Nonlinear
(190.1450) Nonlinear optics : Bistability
ToC Category:
Integrated Optics
History
Original Manuscript: July 19, 2005
Manuscript Accepted: September 15, 2005
Citation
Qianfan Xu and Michal Lipson, "Carrier-induced optical bistability in silicon ring resonators," Opt. Lett. 31, 341-343 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-31-3-341
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