Ultrafast all-optical polarization spin switching in resonant photonic bandgap structures

Wesley J. Johnston; Murat Yildirim; John P. Prineas; Arthur J. Smirl; Hyatt M. Gibbs; Galina Khitrova

Ultrafast all-optical polarization spin switching in resonant photonic bandgap structures

Wesley J. Johnston, Murat Yildirim, John P. Prineas, Arthur J. Smirl, Hyatt M. Gibbs, Galina Khitrova

Optical Sciences, College of

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Abstract

A spin-based polarization switch is demonstrated utilizing a Bragg-spaced quantumwell structure that exhibits pulsewidth limited switching speeds, contrast ratios on the order of 3,000:1, and throughputs of ~50% with complete sample recovery.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2005
Publisher	Optical Society of America
ISBN (Print)	1557527709, 9781557527707
State	Published - 2005
Event	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2005 - Baltimore, MD, United States Duration: May 22 2005 → May 22 2005

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Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-2701

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Other	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2005
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore, MD
Period	5/22/05 → 5/22/05

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Instrumentation
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Johnston, WJ, Yildirim, M, Prineas, JP, Smirl, AJ, Gibbs, HM & Khitrova, G 2005, Ultrafast all-optical polarization spin switching in resonant photonic bandgap structures. in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2005. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Optical Society of America, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2005, Baltimore, MD, United States, 5/22/05.

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