All-optical octave-broad ultrafast switching of Si woodpile photonic band gap crystals

Details All-optical octave-broad ultrafast switching of Si woodpile photonic band gap crystals All-optical octave-broad ultrafast switching of Si woodpile photonic band gap crystals

2006-03-06

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0603045v3

Phys. Rev. B 77, 115214 (2008) (6 pages)

Physics

Optics

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.77.115214

We present ultrafast all-optical switching measurements of Si woodpile photonic band gap crystals. The crystals are spatially homogeneously excited, and probed by measuring reflectivity over an octave in frequency (including the telecom range) as a function of time. After 300 fs, the complete stop band has shifted to higher frequencies as a result of optically excited free carriers. The switched state relaxes quickly with a time constant of 18 ps. We present a quantitative analysis of switched spectra with theory for finite photonic crystals. The induced changes in refractive index are well described by a Drude model with a carrier relaxation time of 10 fs. We briefly discuss possible applications of high-repetition rate switching of photonic crystal cavities.

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