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European Conference on Optical Communication

Optical Bistable Operations in AlGaAs-based Photonic Crystal Slab Microcavity

Yu Tanaka, Hitoshi Kawashima, Naoki Ikeda, Yoshimasa Sugimoto, Haruhiko Kuwatsuka, Toshifumi Hasama, H. Ishikawa

Published Sep 1, 2006• 0 citations
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Abstract

We fabricated a microcavity on AlGaAs-based photonic crystal slab. Bistable responses of the resonant peak were achieved with input power less than 1 mW in optical communication band for future optical switch and memory applications.
DOI
10.1109/ecoc.2006.4801253

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