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Nanophotonic Approach to Energy-Efficient Ultra-Fast All-Optical Gates

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All-optical processing is based on fast nonlinear effects, such that light can be used to control light. The development of a novel class of low-loss semiconductor optical resonators, capable of field confinement close to the diffraction limit, has decreased the power level required to trigger nonlinear effects by several orders of magnitude. We review a decade of research on all-optical gates aiming both at fast and energy-efficient operation, with the prospect of integration on a silicon photonics platform.

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We acknowledge support from the French Research Agency (ANR) through the contracts Qswitch, Auctopuss and Ethan, and the European Commission, through the contracts Qphoton, Gospel, Copernicus. We thank Fabrice Raineri, Johann-Peter Reithmaier and Gadi Eisenstein for fruitful discussions.

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Moille, G., Combrié, S., De Rossi, A. (2017). Nanophotonic Approach to Energy-Efficient Ultra-Fast All-Optical Gates. In: Eisenstein, G., Bimberg, D. (eds) Green Photonics and Electronics. NanoScience and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67002-7_5

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