Ultimate fast optical switching of a planar microcavity in the telecom wavelength range

Details Ultimate fast optical switching of a planar microcavity in the telecom wavelength range Ultimate fast optical switching of a planar microcavity in the telecom wavelength range

2011-02-16

arxiv.org/abs/1102.3351v2

Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 161114 (2011)

Physics

Optics

3 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.3580615

We have studied a GaAs-AlAs planar microcavity with a resonance near 1300 nm in the telecom range by ultrafast pump-probe reflectivity. By the judicious choice of pump frequency, we observe a ultimate fast and reversible decrease of the resonance frequency by more than half a linewidth due to the instantaneous electronic Kerr eff?ect. The switch-on and switch-off? of the cavity is only limited by the cavity storage time of ?tcav = 0.3ps and not by intrinsic material parameters. Our results pave the way to supra-THz switching rates for on-chip data modulation and real-time cavity quantum electrodynamics.

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