Title :
All-optical set-reset operation in a distributed feedback GaInAsP waveguide
Author :
Nakatsuhara, K. ; Mizumoto, T. ; Munakata, R. ; Kigure, Y. ; Naito, Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. Electron., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
An optical bistable device is realized by an optical feedback structure and the optical Kerr effect. We fabricated an optical distributed feedback waveguide in a GaInAsP-InP wafer. All-optical set-reset operation has been observed in the GaInAsP-InP waveguide at a wavelength of 1.56 μm.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; electro-optical switches; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; integrated optics; optical Kerr effect; optical bistability; optical feedback; optical logic; optical waveguides; 1.56 mum; GaInAsP-InP; GaInAsP-InP wafer; GaInAsP-InP waveguide; all-optical set-reset operation; distributed feedback GaInAsP waveguide; optical Kerr effect; optical bistable device; optical feedback structure; Distributed feedback devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical feedback; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical signal processing; Optical superlattices; Optical waveguides;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
