Semiconductor-based femtosecond all-optical switches being developed for optical communications are described. Switching beyond 100 Gb/s has been demonstrated by a variety of principles including intersubband transition in quantum wells and absorption recovery in quantum dots.
Ultrafast all-optical switching in semiconductor quantum wells and quantum dots
2005-01-01
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