We demonstrate that phase shifts larger than 2π can be induced by all-optical tuning in silicon waveguides of a few micrometers in length. By generating high concentrations of free carriers in the silicon employing absorption of ultrashort, ultraviolet laser pulses, the refractive index of silicon can be drastically reduced. As a result, the resonance wavelength of optical resonators can be freely tuned over the full free spectral range. This allows for active integrated optic devices that can be switched with GHz frequencies into any desired state by all-optical means

Picosecond optically reconfigurable filters exploiting full free spectral range tuning of single ring and Vernier effect resonators / Bruck, R.; Mills, B.; Thomson, D. J.; Troia, B.; Passaro, Vittorio; Mashanovich, G. Z.; Reed, G. T.; Muskens, O. L.. - In: OPTICS EXPRESS. - ISSN 1094-4087. - 23:9(2015), pp. 12468-12477. [10.1364/OE.23.012468]

Picosecond optically reconfigurable filters exploiting full free spectral range tuning of single ring and Vernier effect resonators

PASSARO, Vittorio;
2015-01-01

Abstract

We demonstrate that phase shifts larger than 2π can be induced by all-optical tuning in silicon waveguides of a few micrometers in length. By generating high concentrations of free carriers in the silicon employing absorption of ultrashort, ultraviolet laser pulses, the refractive index of silicon can be drastically reduced. As a result, the resonance wavelength of optical resonators can be freely tuned over the full free spectral range. This allows for active integrated optic devices that can be switched with GHz frequencies into any desired state by all-optical means
2015
Picosecond optically reconfigurable filters exploiting full free spectral range tuning of single ring and Vernier effect resonators / Bruck, R.; Mills, B.; Thomson, D. J.; Troia, B.; Passaro, Vittorio; Mashanovich, G. Z.; Reed, G. T.; Muskens, O. L.. - In: OPTICS EXPRESS. - ISSN 1094-4087. - 23:9(2015), pp. 12468-12477. [10.1364/OE.23.012468]
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