Title :
Demonstration of optically-controlled switching in nonlinear directional coupler loaded with grating
Author :
Nakatsuhara, K. ; Mizumoto, T. ; Shirado, T. ; Jeong, S.H. ; Takenaka, M. ; Nakano, Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Kanagawa Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
All-optical switching between two output ports using two different wavelengths, one for the signal and one for the control light, has been implemented in a GaInAsP nonlinear directional coupler loaded with grating.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical control; optical directional couplers; optical switches; GaInAsP; all-optical switching; control light wavelength; gallium arsenide; grating loading; indium; nonlinear directional coupler; optically controlled switching; output ports; signal wavelength; Directional couplers; Gratings; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989684
