Title :
Demonstration of a Fabry-Perot active switch by the bidirectional MoL-BPM
Author :
Òrazio, Antonella D. ; De Sario, Marco ; Petruzelli, V. ; Prudenzano, Francesco ; Sassi, Leonardo
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Abstract :
The aim of this paper consists of investigating the switching behaviour of a Fabry-Perot (F-P) active switch by means of an improved beam propagation method based on the method of lines (MoL-BPM). The contribution of the longitudinal charge diffusion and the spreading of the injected current in the active region is considered, too. The reflection of the optical signal on the terminal facets is accounted for by means of the bidirectional version of the MoL-BPM. The F-P switch length is only 200 μm, i.e. less than a fifth of the corresponding traveling wave (TW) switch (1100 μm)
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot interferometers; method of lines; optical couplers; optical switches; optical waveguide theory; 200 micron; F-P active switch; Fabry-Perot active switch; active region; bidirectional MoL-BPM; bidirectional version; improved beam propagation method; injected current; longitudinal charge diffusion; method of lines; optical signal; reflection; switching behaviour; terminal facets; Electromagnetic waveguides; Fabry-Perot; Optical control; Optical coupling; Optical crosstalk; Optical propagation; Optical saturation; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor devices;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 2000. MELECON 2000. 10th Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Lemesos
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6290-X
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.2000.880417
