DocumentCode
2471564
Title
Dynamic soliton steering in AlGaAs waveguides for reconfigurable optical interconnects
Author
Friedrich, Lars ; Stegeman, George I. ; Aitchison, J.Stewart ; Hamiltont, Craig J. ; Millar, F.
Author_Institution
Center for Res. in Electro-Optics & Lasers, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1998
fDate
3-4 Dec 1998
Firstpage
142
Abstract
We report the demonstration of the basic building block of an interconnect device that imposes electronically a phase chirp upon a spatial soliton, thus achieving controllable angle steering of the soliton and the signal beam guided within the soliton
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; optical Kerr effect; optical elements; optical interconnections; optical solitons; optical waveguides; 1.55 mum; AlGaAs; AlGaAs waveguide reconfigurable optical interconnect; basic building block; controllable angle steering; dynamic soliton steering; phase chirp; reconfigurable optical interconnects; signal beam guiding; spatial soliton; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Optical interconnections; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Polarization; Robustness; Slabs; Solid lasers; Waveguide lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4947-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.1998.739501
Filename
739501
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