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Fast photonic switches, in which light controls light, can be created based on high-voltage GaAs nanostructures with a thin (nanodimensional) surface dielectric layer. The switches offer a high operation speed that ensures optical data recording and transmission at a rate of 104-105 cps, possess a large modulation amplitude, and can operate at a relatively low optical control signal power (I<1 W/cm2). These devices can be used in systems of optical data processing, optical computation systems, all-optical communication lines with optical addressing of informative signals, etc.
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Original Russian Text © P.G. Kasherininov, A.V. Kichaev, V.I. Korol’kov, A.N. Lodygin, F.Yu. Soldatenkov, 2006, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 32, No. 9, pp. 7–17.
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Kasherininov, P.G., Kichaev, A.V., Korol’kov, V.I. et al. Fast photonic switches based on GaAs nanostructures. Tech. Phys. Lett. 32, 372–376 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785006050026
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