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Ultrafast low-energy all-optical switching using a photonic-crystal asymmetric Fano structure

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate 20 Gbit/s all-optical switching with low-energy consumption using a simple and ultra-compact InP photonic-crystal structure by employing a well-engineered Fano resonance in combination with broken mirror symmetry.

Communication Networking and Broadcast Technologies Components Circuits Devices and Systems Computing and Processing Engineered Materials Dielectrics and Plasmas Fields Waves and Electromagnetics Photonics and Electrooptics Signal Processing and Analysis All-optical devices Nonlinear optical devices Photonic crystals