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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610521
