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Scalable Electro-Optic Control of Localized Bistable Switching in Broad-Area VCSELs Using Reconfigurable Funnel Waveguides

Massimo BrambillaCarlo RizzaEugenio DelreR. Martínez-lorenteR. Martínez-lorenteLorenzo ColumboAharon J. AgranatFranco PratiJacopo Parravicini

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business.product_categoryING-INF/02 - CAMPI ELETTROMAGNETICIBistabilityComputer scienceComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISIONPhysics::OpticsGeneral Physics and Astronomy02 engineering and technology01 natural sciences010309 opticsPhysics and Astronomy (all)0103 physical sciencesElectronicsFIS/03 - FISICA DELLA MATERIABlock (data storage)business.industry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologySemiconductorFIS/01 - FISICA SPERIMENTALEProof of conceptScalabilityOptoelectronicsFunnelPhotonicsOptics Optoelectronics Photonics0210 nano-technologybusiness

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We demonstrate a steplike optical modulation based on the activation and deactivation of a bistable localized structure using a photoinduced and reconfigurable miniaturized 30 × 30 μm electroactivated funnel waveguide. Control of a single 10-μm-diameter spot in a 200-μm-diameter vertical-cavity surfaceemitting laser at 980 nm is achieved modulating the phase of an exciting beam in the specific position of the spot in the cavity. This localized on-off response can be scaled into arrays and offer a possible route to fast integrated optical logical functions and memory at low intensities at near-infrared wavelengths.

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2017-06-06
10.1103/physrevapplied.7.064004http://hdl.handle.net/11589/123402