基于光学斯塔克效应光子晶体全光开关的研究-物理电子学专业论文.docxVIP

华 华 中 科 技 大 学 硕 士 学 位 论 文 II II Abstract As the development of the optical communication the demand for ultrafast switching is increasingly urgent. However the response times of traditional switches are limited due to the carrier recombination lifetime, carrier transit time in the device, and also the external RC time constant. Whereas all-optical switches have attracted more and more interests because of their favorable optical characteristics and much faster switching speed. Therefore in this article, an all-optical polarization switch based on InGaAsP/InP Bragg-spaced quantum wells (BSQWs) was investigated and it could be compatible with the optical communication system. This switch by tuning the control pulse near but below resonance dose not suffer from the limitation of carrier accumulation. In the switching process the optical Stark effect is the main term of nonlinear effects. A BSQW structure is grown such that its fundamental Bragg frequency is equal to the lowest exciton frequency of the quantum wells. At this time the photonic bandstructure forms a forbidden gap with both resonance frequencies located within the gap. Such BSQWs have been shown to exhibit large optical nonlinearities and ps recovery times when a spectrally narrow control pulse is tuned within the forbidden gap. By constructing a theoretical model to simulate the switching action the performance of switch was studied. Next, we considered the impact of disorder and drift in the periodicity of the quantum wells and the refractive index on the formation of the resonant photonic band gap. Then we design the lattice-matched and lattice-mismatched InGaAsP/InP BSQWs. At last we present the schemes for stopping, storing, and releasing light pulses using BSQWs and the measured result.It is expected that our theory and conclusions are helpful as a reference in the designs and experiments of future practical optical switches. Keywords: All-optical switch BSQWs Optical stark effect light slowing PAG