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- Title
Static and dynamic wavelength routing via the gradient optical force.
- Authors
Rosenberg, Jessie; Qiang Lin; Painter, Oskar
- Abstract
We propose and demonstrate an all-optical wavelength routing approach that uses a tuning mechanism based upon the optical gradient force in a specially designed nano-optomechanical system. The resulting mechanically compliant ‘spiderweb’ resonator realizes seamless wavelength routing over a range of 3,000 times the intrinsic channel width, with a tuning efficiency of 309 GHz mW−1, a switching time of less than 200 ns, and 100% channel quality preservation over the entire tuning range. These results indicate the potential for radiation pressure actuated devices to be used in a variety of photonics applications, such as channel routing/switching, buffering, dispersion compensation, pulse trapping/release and widely tunable lasers.
- Subjects
WAVELENGTHS; OPTOMECHANICS; OPTICAL engineering; RADIATION pressure; OPTOELECTRONIC devices
- Publication
Nature Photonics, 2009, Vol 3, Issue 8, p478
- ISSN
1749-4885
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nphoton.2009.137