Abstract
We demonstrated 1.5-µm-band optical switching using the Kerr effect in a-Si:H photonic crystal nanocavities. Switching with pulse energies down to 18 fJ using a degenerate pump-probe technique was observed in cavities with Q-factors up to 30,000.
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