Nonlinear nanophotonic devices: all-optical switching and memories

 

Involved People: Lea CONSTANS (PhD), Francesco MANEGATTI (PhD), Dimitris FITSIOS (Postdoc), Fabrice RAINERI (PI)

 

Future developments in optical networks will rely crucially on all-optical processing. All-optical processing is based on optical nonlinear effects where an optical signal impacts on the propagation of another one through their interaction with the matter. One of the advantages of all-optical devices over opto-electronic ones is their inherent potential to provide higher bandwidth for high speed data transmission and treatment.

Recently, the drive towards the miniaturisation and the energy efficiency of such devices motivated important efforts in research especially in the nanophotonics domain. Our team aims at developping innovative nonlinear devices based on III-V/Silicon hybrid nanostructures which take advantage of the large dynamic nonlinearities of quantum-confined III-V active materials (quantum well or quantum dots) embedded in photonic crystal nanocavities. Currently, our interest lies in:

 

All optical switching

Scaning electron microscope image of our hybrid electrically driven nanolaser

Memories

Scaning electron micrograph of active nanocavities heterogeneously integrated on and coupled through an SOI waveguide

 

Collaborators:

  • Alfredo De Rossi and Sylvain Combrié (Thales Research and Technologies)
  • Theoni Alexoudi and Nikos Pleros (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

 

Publications:

III-V-on-Si Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Laser Technology for Optical Static Random Access Memories
T. Alexoudi, D. Fitsios, A. Bazin, P. Monnier, R. Raj, A. Miliou, GT. Kanellos, N. Pleros, F. Raineri, IEEE J. Select. Topics Quant. 22, (2016)

Ultra-compact III‒V-on-Si photonic crystal memory for flip-flop operation at 5 Gb/s
D Fitsios, T Alexoudi, A Bazin, P Monnier, R Raj, A Miliou, GT Kanellos, N Pleros, F Raineri, Opt. Express 24, 4270-77 (2016)

Hybrid III–V semiconductor/silicon three-port filter on 1D-PhC wire
S. Malaguti, G. Bellanca, A. Bazin, F. Raineri, R. Raj, S. Trillo, Opt. Quant. Elec 47, 1949-63 (2015)

Phase-Preserving Power Limiting Function Using InP on SoI Photonic Crystal Nanocavity
N. Trung-Hien, K. Lengle, A. Bazin, L. Bramerie, C. Peucheret, M. Gay, O. Sentieys, J.-C. Simon, R. Raj, F. Raineri, IEEE Phot. Techn. Lett. 26, 1215 (2014)

Modulation contrast optimization for wavelength conversion of a 20  Gbit/s data signal in hybrid InP/SOI photonic crystal nanocavity
K. Lengle, DT. Nguyen, M. Gay, L. Bramerie, J.-C. Simon, A. Bazin, F. Raineri, R. Raj, Opt. Lett. 39, 2298 (2014)

Ultrafast all-optical switching and error-free 10 Gbit/s wavelength conversion in hybrid InP-silicon on insulator nanocavities using surface quantum wells
A. Bazin, K. Lengle, M. Gay, P. Monnier, L. Bramerie, R. Braive, G. Beaudoin, I. Sagnes, R. Raj, F. Raineri, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 11102 (2014)

Ultrafast all-optical modulation in GaAs photonic crystal cavities
C Husko, A De Rossi, S Combrié, QV Tran, F Raineri, CW Wong, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 021111 (2009)

High contrast reflection modulation near 1.55 mu m in InP 2D photonic crystals on silicon wafer
G. Vecchi, F. Raineri, I. Sagnes, K.-H. Lee, S. Guilet, L. Le Gratiet, A. Talneau, JA. Levenson, R. Raj, F. Van Laere, G. Roelkens, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets, Opt. Express 15, 1254 (2007)

Ultrafast nonlinear response around 1.5 µm in 2D AlGaAs/AlOx photonic crystal
A. Giacomotti, F. Raineri, G. Vecchi, I. Sagnes, M. Strassner, L. Le Gratiet, R. Raj, JA. Levenson, Appl. Phys. B 81, 333 (2005)

Tuning a two-dimensional photonic crystal resonance via optical carrier injection
F. Raineri, C. Cojocaru, R. Raj, C. Seassal, X. Letartre, P. Viktorovitch, JA. Levenson, Opt. Lett. 30, 64 (2005)

Ultrafast dynamics of the third-order nonlinear response in a two-dimensional InP-based photonic crystal
F. Raineri, C. Cojocaru, P. Monnier, JA. Levenson, R. Raj, C. Seassal, X. Letartre, P. Viktorovitch, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 1880 (2004)

III-V-on-Si Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Laser Technology for Optical Static Random Access Memories
T. Alexoudi, D. Fitsios, A. Bazin, P. Monnier, R. Raj, A. Miliou, GT. Kanellos, N. Pleros, F. Raineri, IEEE J. Select. Topics Quant. 22, (2016)

Ultra-compact III‒V-on-Si photonic crystal memory for flip-flop operation at 5 Gb/s
D Fitsios, T Alexoudi, A Bazin, P Monnier, R Raj, A Miliou, GT Kanellos, N Pleros, F Raineri, Opt. Express 24, 4270-77 (2016)

Hybrid III–V semiconductor/silicon three-port filter on 1D-PhC wire
S. Malaguti, G. Bellanca, A. Bazin, F. Raineri, R. Raj, S. Trillo, Opt. Quant. Elec 47, 1949-63 (2015)

Phase-Preserving Power Limiting Function Using InP on SoI Photonic Crystal Nanocavity
N. Trung-Hien, K. Lengle, A. Bazin, L. Bramerie, C. Peucheret, M. Gay, O. Sentieys, J.-C. Simon, R. Raj, F. Raineri, IEEE Phot. Techn. Lett. 26, 1215 (2014)

Modulation contrast optimization for wavelength conversion of a 20  Gbit/s data signal in hybrid InP/SOI photonic crystal nanocavity
K. Lengle, DT. Nguyen, M. Gay, L. Bramerie, J.-C. Simon, A. Bazin, F. Raineri, R. Raj, Opt. Lett. 39, 2298 (2014)

Ultrafast all-optical switching and error-free 10 Gbit/s wavelength conversion in hybrid InP-silicon on insulator nanocavities using surface quantum wells
A. Bazin, K. Lengle, M. Gay, P. Monnier, L. Bramerie, R. Braive, G. Beaudoin, I. Sagnes, R. Raj, F. Raineri, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 11102 (2014)

Ultrafast all-optical modulation in GaAs photonic crystal cavities
C Husko, A De Rossi, S Combrié, QV Tran, F Raineri, CW Wong, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 021111 (2009)

High contrast reflection modulation near 1.55 mu m in InP 2D photonic crystals on silicon wafer
G. Vecchi, F. Raineri, I. Sagnes, K.-H. Lee, S. Guilet, L. Le Gratiet, A. Talneau, JA. Levenson, R. Raj, F. Van Laere, G. Roelkens, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets, Opt. Express 15, 1254 (2007)

Ultrafast nonlinear response around 1.5 µm in 2D AlGaAs/AlOx photonic crystal
A. Giacomotti, F. Raineri, G. Vecchi, I. Sagnes, M. Strassner, L. Le Gratiet, R. Raj, JA. Levenson, Appl. Phys. B 81, 333 (2005)

Tuning a two-dimensional photonic crystal resonance via optical carrier injection
F. Raineri, C. Cojocaru, R. Raj, C. Seassal, X. Letartre, P. Viktorovitch, JA. Levenson, Opt. Lett. 30, 64 (2005)

Ultrafast dynamics of the third-order nonlinear response in a two-dimensional InP-based photonic crystal
F. Raineri, C. Cojocaru, P. Monnier, JA. Levenson, R. Raj, C. Seassal, X. Letartre, P. Viktorovitch, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 1880 (2004)

 

Fundings:

ETHAN

 

ERC Consolidator