Nanotube–polymer composites for ultrafast photonics

T Hasan, Z Sun, F Wang, F Bonaccorso… - Advanced …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer composites are one of the most attractive near‐term means to exploit the unique
properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene. This is particularly true for composites aimed …

Semiconductor carbon nanotubes as ultrafast switching materials for optical telecommunications

S Tatsuura, M Furuki, Y Sato, I Iwasa, M Tian… - Advanced …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The third‐order nonlinear optical property χ (3) I of a film of single‐walled carbon nanotubes
was studied in the infrared region. The film combines a high χ (3) I (–0.85× 10–7 esu at …

All-optical switch utilizing intersubband transition in GaN quantum wells

N Iizuka, K Kaneko, N Suzuki - IEEE journal of quantum …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intersubband transition (ISBT) in GaN quantum wells (QWs) was investigated from the
viewpoint of application to ultrafast all-optical switches. The effect of crystalline quality on the …

Sub-picosecond all-optical gate utilizing an intersubband transition

N Iizuka, K Kaneko, N Suzuki - Optics Express, 2005 - opg.optica.org
All-optical gate-switch operation utilizing GaN intersubband-transition has been achieved by
reducing edge dislocation density in the epitaxial layers. The diminution of dislocation was …

AgInSe2 nanorods: A semiconducting material for saturable absorber

HI Elim, W Ji, MT Ng, JJ Vittal - Applied physics letters, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
Ag In Se 2 nanorods (NRs) with a diameter of 15 nm have been investigated for their
nonlinear optical responses by using Z-scan and transient absorption techniques with …

1.55-μm picosecond all-optical switching by using intersubband absorption in InGaAs-AlAs-AlAsSb coupled quantum wells

T Akiyama, N Georgiev, T Mozume… - IEEE Photonics …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the first all-optical switching operation of intersubband absorption at an optical
communication wavelength (/spl sim/1.55 μm). The 1.55-μm intersubband absorption was …

Sub-picosecond electron relaxation of near-infrared intersubband transitions in n-doped (CdS/ZnSe)/BeTe quantum wells

R Akimoto, K Akita, F Sasaki, T Hasama - Applied physics letters, 2002 - pubs.aip.org
We report on intersubband (ISB) absorption and ultrafast ISB energy relaxation of carriers in
n-type doped (CdS/ZnSe)/BeTe quantum wells (QWs), grown by molecular-beam epitaxy …

Subpicosecond saturation of intersubband absorption in (CdS∕ ZnSe)∕ BeTe quantum-well waveguides at telecommunication wavelength

R Akimoto, BS Li, K Akita, T Hasama - Applied Physics Letters, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
Ultrafast all-optical switching at an optical communication wavelength has been investigated
by utilizing an intersubband transition (ISBT) of II–VI-based multiple quantum wells (MQWs) …

Polarization dependent loss in III-nitride optical waveguides for telecommunication devices

N Iizuka, K Kaneko, N Suzuki - Journal of applied physics, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
Excess polarization dependent loss (PDL) was investigated for GaN waveguide devices
grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The loss for transverse magnetic polarization …

Absorption dynamics in all-optical switch based on intersubband transition in InGaAs–AlAs–AlAsSb coupled quantum wells

T Simoyama, S Sekiguchi, H Yoshida… - IEEE Photonics …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We developed a pigtailed fiber module including an intersubband transition all-optical
switch using InGaAs-AlAs-AlAsSb coupled double quantum wells and studied the …