Title :
An all-optical switching device by using the nonlinear control waveguide
Author :
Wu, Yaw-Dong ; Jang, Yow-chyuan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Kaohsiung Univ. of Appl. Sci., Taiwan
Abstract :
We propose an all-optical switching device that is composed of a Y-junction signal waveguide and a parabolic nonlinear control waveguide. By fixing the input power and changing the control power, the numerical results show that this device could function as an all-optical switch.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical switches; optical waveguides; Y-junction signal waveguide; all-optical switching device; nonlinear control waveguide; parabolic nonlinear control waveguide; Communication switching; Communication system control; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Power engineering and energy; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication switching;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274517
