Title

Optical Switching Based on the Conditional Faraday Effect With Electron Spins in Quantum Dots

Authors

Authors

A. V. Thompson; H. Seigneur; M. N. Leuenberger;W. V. Schoenfeld

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Abbreviated Journal Title

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

Keywords

Conditional Faraday effect; optical switches; photonic switching; refractive index modulation; WAVE-GUIDE MODULATOR; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; GAAS; POLARIZATION; INAS; FABRICATION; BANDWIDTH; NETWORKS; SIZE; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

Abstract

We present the theoretical foundation of a novel concept for optical switching based on the conditional Faraday effect with electron spins in quantum dots (QDs). Calculations for light of wavelengths lambda = 1.3 mu m and lambda = 1.55 mu m show devices with active regions of a few hundred microns are possible. Case studies for both spherical and nonspherical QDs are considered, with calculations for the nonspherical case showing a 20% reduction in the required device length due to the lifting of the light and heavy hole band degeneracy.

Journal Title

Ieee Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volume

45

Issue/Number

5-6

Publication Date

1-1-2009

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

637

Last Page

645

WOS Identifier

WOS:000266454300027

ISSN

0018-9197

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