Simulation on cross-switching of an all-semiconductor-optical-amplifier nonlinear loop device

Author

Wang, Jyh-Yang ; Kiang, Yean-Woei ; Yang, C.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Graduate Inst. of Commun. Eng., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

354

Abstract

Pulsed-signal cross-switching operation of an all-semiconductor-optical-amplifier nonlinear optical loop device is numerically investigated. The device consists of a loop amplifier, a multimode-interference waveguide amplifier (MMIWA), an input leg, and an output leg. With the combined mechanisms including nonlinear coupling in the MMIWA, lateral field redistribution and amplification by the loop, and asymmetric gain/phase modulation between two counterpropagating signals in the loop, the device operates with efficient power-dependent switching. Simulations are conducted using a modified time-domain traveling-wave method for the interplay between the two counter-propagating signals in MMIWA and loop

Keywords

optical switches; optical waveguide components; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-semiconductor-optical-amplifier nonlinear optical loop device; asymmetric gain/phase modulation; counterpropagating signals; lateral field redistribution; loop amplifier; multimode-interference waveguide amplifier; nonlinear coupling; numerical simulation; power-dependent switching; pulsed-signal cross-switching; time-domain traveling-wave method; Leg; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2001. APMC 2001. 2001 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7138-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2001.985660

Filename

985660