Title :
Polarization independent all-optical switching employing nonlinear vertical-groove DFB waveguide
Author :
Jeong, So-Hee ; Mizumoto, Tetsuya ; Kim, Hyun-Chang ; Wiedmann, Jorg ; Arai, Shigehisa
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
We report that the birefringence of waveguide was completely eliminated in a high mesa waveguide with vertically etched grating. Also, we report first demonstration of polarization-independent all-optical switching employing nonlinear DFB waveguide.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; integrated optics; light polarisation; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical switches; optical waveguides; wavelength division multiplexing; high mesa waveguide; nonlinear DFB waveguide; nonlinear vertical-groove DFB waveguide; polarization independent all-optical switching; polarization-independent all-optical switching; vertically etched grating; Birefringence; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Etching; Gratings; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Probes; Switches; Tellurium; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-701-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2002.1036260
