Ultrafast sub-30 FS all-optical switching based on gallium phosphide
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Journal Article
Abstract
Gallium Phosphide (GaP) is one of the few available materials with strong optical nonlinearity and negligible losses in the visible ( >450 )and near-infrared regime. In this work, we demonstrate that a GaP film can generate sub-30 fs (full width at half maximum) transmission modulation of up to ⁓70% in the 600-1000 nm wavelength range. Nonlinear simulations using parameters measured by the Z-scan approach indicate that the transmission modulation arises from the optical Kerr effect and two-photon absorption. Due to the absence of linear absorption, no slower free-carrier contribution is detected. These findings place GaP as a promising ultrafast material for all-optical switching at modulation speeds of up to 20 THz.
Date Issued
2019-06-04
Date Acceptance
2019-04-01
Citation
Science Advances, 2019, 5 (6)
ISSN
2375-2548
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Journal / Book Title
Science Advances
Volume
5
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© 2019 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
The Leverhulme Trust
Grant Number
EP/L024926/1
EP/M013812/1
EP/K503381/1
RPG-2016-064
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
eaaw3262
Date Publish Online
2019-06-14