Title :
Dynamic soliton steering in AlGaAs waveguides for reconfigurable optical interconnects
Author :
Friedrich, Lars ; Stegeman, George I. ; Aitchison, J.Stewart ; Hamiltont, Craig J. ; Millar, F.
Author_Institution :
Center for Res. in Electro-Optics & Lasers, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
We report the demonstration of the basic building block of an interconnect device that imposes electronically a phase chirp upon a spatial soliton, thus achieving controllable angle steering of the soliton and the signal beam guided within the soliton
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; optical Kerr effect; optical elements; optical interconnections; optical solitons; optical waveguides; 1.55 mum; AlGaAs; AlGaAs waveguide reconfigurable optical interconnect; basic building block; controllable angle steering; dynamic soliton steering; phase chirp; reconfigurable optical interconnects; signal beam guiding; spatial soliton; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Optical interconnections; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Polarization; Robustness; Slabs; Solid lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.739501
