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

James C Wyant Coll Optical Sci

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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 2006
Publisher	Optical Society of America
ISBN (Print)	1557528136, 9781557528131
State	Published - 2006
Event	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2006 - Long Beach, CA, United States Duration: May 21 2006 → May 21 2006

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

Other

Other	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2006
Country/Territory	United States
City	Long Beach, CA
Period	5/21/06 → 5/21/06

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 2006, Ultrafast all-optical polarization spin switching in resonant photonic bandgap structures. in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2006. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Optical Society of America, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2006, Long Beach, CA, United States, 5/21/06.

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