• DocumentCode
    3017421
  • Title

    All-Optical Switching in Microring-Loaded Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Fabricated from Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB)

  • Author

    Kim, Y. ; Cao, W. ; Chen, S. ; Smith, D.W. ; Herman, W.N. ; Lee, C.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. for Phys. Sci., College Park
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate that all-optical switching in a microring-loaded Mach-Zhender interferometer fabricated from PFCB is possible, and obtained a response pulse width of about 30 ps and a maximum modulation depth of 3.8 dB.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical switches; all-optical switching; maximum modulation depth; microring-loaded Mach-Zehnder interferometer; perfluorocyclobutyl; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical polymers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Probes; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Resonance; Ring lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453287
  • Filename
    4453287