All-Optical Sampling Utilising Two-Photon Absorption in a Semiconductor Micro-Cavity

Paul J. Maguire (1) , Liam P. Barry (1) , T. Krug (2) , M. Lynch (2) , A.L. Bradley (2) , J.F. Donegan (2) , Hervé Folliot (3)

1 RINCE - Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering
2 Semiconductor Photonics Research Group
3 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON

A highly-efficient optical sampling system based on two-photon absorption in a semiconductor microcavity is presented. The sensitivity of the sampling system is calculated to be 0.1 mW/sup 2/ with a temporal resolution of 2 ps.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Paul J. Maguire, Liam P. Barry, T. Krug, M. Lynch, A.L. Bradley, et al.. All-Optical Sampling Utilising Two-Photon Absorption in a Semiconductor Micro-Cavity. Electronics Letters, 2005, Vol.41 (Issue 8), pp.489-490. ⟨10.1049/el:20058166⟩. ⟨hal-00023180⟩