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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Ultralow-power All-optical Memory using Photonic Crystal Nanocavities with Novel Buried Heterostructure

Kengo Nozaki, Akihiko Shinya, Shinji Matsuo, Tomonari Sato, Yoshihiro Kawaguchi, Masaya Notomi

Published Jan 1, 2011• 3 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate an all-optical memory based on photonic crystal nanocavities with novel buried heterostructure, which solves the heating problem and enhances the carrier confinement, enabling long memory-time operation with sub-μW power consumption.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_si.2011.cfi1

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