Scaling of the saturation energy in microcavity saturable absorber devices

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Author(s)
Massoubre, David
Oudar, J.-L.
Dion, J
Harmand, J. -C.
Shen, Alexandre
Landreau, J
Decobert, Jean
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2006
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Several all-optical switching devices based on quantum well microcavity structures have been studied in view of their possible use for all-optical regeneration of telecommunication signals. Experiments and modeling show that the saturation energy is inversely proportional to a scaling factor describing the enhancement of the intracavity intensity at the Fabry-Perot resonance. As a result the saturation energy is approximately proportional to the number of quantum wells in the device and can be kept small by a proper cavity design.Several all-optical switching devices based on quantum well microcavity structures have been studied in view of their possible use for all-optical regeneration of telecommunication signals. Experiments and modeling show that the saturation energy is inversely proportional to a scaling factor describing the enhancement of the intracavity intensity at the Fabry-Perot resonance. As a result the saturation energy is approximately proportional to the number of quantum wells in the device and can be kept small by a proper cavity design.
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Journal Title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume
88
Issue
15
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© 2006 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in 88, 153513 (2006) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2193990.
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Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
Physical Sciences
Engineering
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