Title :
All-optical switching of slow-light pulses in nonlinear Bragg grating couplers
Author :
Ha, Sangwoo ; Sukhorukov, Andrey A. ; Kivshar, Yuri S.
Author_Institution :
Res. Sch. of Phys. Sci. & Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT
Abstract :
We suggest novel opportunities for power-controlled switching and slowing down of optical pulses in coupled waveguides with phase-shifted Bragg gratings, combined with cancellation of dispersion-induced pulse broadening through enhanced nonlinear self-action in the slow-light regime.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; nonlinear optics; optical couplers; optical switches; all-optical switching; coupled waveguides; dispersion-induced pulse broadening; nonlinear Bragg grating couplers; nonlinear self-action; optical pulses; phase-shifted Bragg gratings; power-controlled switching; slow-light pulses; Bragg gratings; Couplers; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391177
