Title :
Self-electro-optic effect device in waveguiding configuration as optical switch and power discriminator
Author :
Neitzert, H.C. ; Cacciatore, C. ; Campi, D. ; Rigo, C.
Author_Institution :
Centro Studi e Lab. Telecommun. SpA, Torino, Italy
fDate :
1/19/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors report the room temperature operation of an InGaAs/InP based Wannier-Stark modulator in a waveguide configuration as a self-electro-optic effect device for the generation of various nonlinear optical transfer functions for TE polarised light at 1.55 μm. Optical bistability has been achieved and the application of the device as an optical power discriminator is demonstrated
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; SEEDs; Stark effect; discriminators; electro-optical modulation; electro-optical switches; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical transfer function; 1.55 micrometre; InGaAs-InP; InGaAs/InP based Wannier-Stark modulator; TE polarised light; nonlinear optical transfer functions; optical bistability; optical power discriminator; optical switch; self-electro-optic effect device; waveguiding configuration;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950061
