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

doi:10.1109/cleo.2005.202208

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	2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO
Publisher	Optical Society of America (OSA)
Pages	1590-1592
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Print)	1557527954, 9781557527950
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/cleo.2005.202208
State	Published - 2005
Event	2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO - Baltimore, MD, United States Duration: May 22 2005 → May 27 2005

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Name	2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO
Volume	3

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Other	2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore, MD
Period	5/22/05 → 5/27/05

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Johnston, W. J., Yildirim, M., Prineas, J. P., Smirl, A. J., Gibbs, H. M., & Khitrova, G. (2005). Ultrafast all-optical polarization spin switching in resonant photonic bandgap structures. In 2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO (pp. 1590-1592). Article CThD2 (2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO; Vol. 3). Optical Society of America (OSA). https://doi.org/10.1109/cleo.2005.202208

Ultrafast all-optical polarization spin switching in resonant photonic bandgap structures. / Johnston, Wesley J.; Yildirim, Murat; Prineas, John P. et al.
2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO. Optical Society of America (OSA), 2005. p. 1590-1592 CThD2 (2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO; Vol. 3).

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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 2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO., CThD2, 2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO, vol. 3, Optical Society of America (OSA), pp. 1590-1592, 2005 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO, Baltimore, MD, United States, 5/22/05. https://doi.org/10.1109/cleo.2005.202208

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