A photonic switch based on a gigantic, reversible optical nonlinearity of liquefying gallium Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • Liquefying gallium shows a huge reversible optical nonlinearity which is compatible with waveguide technology and promises to be a breakthrough in broadband, light-by-light modulation at milliwatt operating power levels and frequency band spanning up to several hundred kilohertz.

authors

  • Bennett, Patrick
  • Dhanjal, S
  • Petropoulos, P
  • Richardson, DJ
  • Zheludev, NI
  • Emelyanov, VI

publication date

  • September 28, 1998