Open AccessOptical Pattern Switching in Semiconductor Microresonators as All‐Optical Switch
Author(s) -
Kheradmand Reza,
Dastmalchi Babak
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
etri journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.295
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 2233-7326
pISSN - 1225-6463
DOI - 10.4218/etrij.09.0109.0166
Subject(s) - optical switch , semiconductor , optics , optoelectronics , materials science , optical burst switching , physics , optical performance monitoring , wavelength division multiplexing , wavelength
In this paper, we present a spatial perturbation method to control the optical patterns in semiconductor microresonators in the far‐field configuration. We propose a fast all‐optical switch which operates at a low light level. The switching beam controls the behavior of output beams with strong intensities. The method has been applied successfully to different optical patterns such as rolls, squares, and hexagons.