Energy-bandwidth trade-off in all-optical photonic crystal microcavity switches

Mikkel Heuck; Philip Trøst Kristensen; Jesper Mørk

doi:10.1364/OE.19.018410

Energy-bandwidth trade-off in all-optical photonic crystal microcavity switches

Mikkel Heuck, Philip Trøst Kristensen, Jesper Mørk

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The performance of all-optical switches is a compromise between the achievable bandwidth of the switched signal and the energy requirement of the switching operation. In this work we consider a system consisting of a photonic crystal cavity coupled to two input and two output waveguides. As a specific example of a switching application, we investigate the demultiplexing of an optical time division multiplexed signal. To quantify the energy-bandwidth trade-off, we introduce a figure of merit for the detection of the demultiplexed signal. In such investigations it is crucial to consider patterning effects, which occur on time scales that are longer than the bit period. Our analysis is based on a coupled mode theory, which allows for an extensive investigation of the influence of the system parameters on the switching dynamics. The analysis is shown to provide new insights into the ultrafast dynamics of the switching operation, and the results show optimum parameter ranges that may serve as design guidelines in device fabrication. © 2011 Optical Society of America.

Original language	English
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	19
Issue number	19
Pages (from-to)	18410-18422
ISSN	1094-4087
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.018410
Publication status	Published - 2011

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