DocumentCode
2724526
Title
Design tolerances of nonlinear Bragg-grating couplers optimised for all-optical slow-light switching
Author
Ha, Sangwoo ; Sukhorukov, Andrey A. ; Kivshar, Yuri S.
Author_Institution
Res. Sch. of Phys. Sci. & Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT
fYear
2008
fDate
7-10 July 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We study the tolerances in the phase shift between the Bragg gratings in coupled waveguides, for optimisation of power-controlled switching and slowing down of optical pulses, and cancellation of dispersion-induced pulse broadening through enhanced nonlinear self-action.
Keywords
Bragg gratings; nonlinear optics; optical couplers; optical design techniques; optical dispersion; optical switches; all-optical slow-light switching; coupled waveguides; design tolerance; dispersion-induced pulse broadening cancellation; enhanced nonlinear self-action; nonlinear Bragg-grating couplers; optical pulses; power-controlled switching; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Couplers; Design optimization; Optical coupling; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Solitons;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location
Sydney
Print_ISBN
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-0-85825-807-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610521
Filename
4610521
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