Title :
Proposal of photon-induced waveguides for all-optical switching and wavelength conversion
Author :
Ma, Byongjin ; Saitoh, Masumi ; Nakano, Yoshiaki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
A photon-induced waveguide (PIG) utilizing switching between guiding and antiguiding is proposed and analyzed. The PIG has a similar structure as the conventional ridge-waveguide semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). The only difference is that the PIG has a very slight refractive index step between the waveguide region and the background region
Keywords :
optical switches; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; all-optical switching; photon-induced waveguide; refractive index; wavelength conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical refraction; Optical saturation; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Proposals; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Semiconductor waveguides; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.812028
