• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 18, Issue 6, 060603 (2020)
Zhengpeng Shao, Kan Wu*, and Jianping Chen
Author Affiliations
  • Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202018.060603 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zhengpeng Shao, Kan Wu, Jianping Chen. All-optical inverter based on carbon nanotube-polyvinyl alcohol thin film[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(6): 060603 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    All-optical light control plays an important role in optical signal processing and communications. In this Letter, we demonstrate an all-optical inverter using carbon nanotube (CNT)-polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) thin film and obtain a long-time stable output due to the environmental insensitivity of the device. The thermo-optic effect in the CNT-PVA thin film generates a thermal lens and modifies the beam propagation in the thin film. The obtained all-optical inverter has a front (trailing) time constant of ~55 μs (44 μs) for 1550 nm signal pulses and ~7 kHz response bandwidth.
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    Zhengpeng Shao, Kan Wu, Jianping Chen. All-optical inverter based on carbon nanotube-polyvinyl alcohol thin film[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(6): 060603
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