Demonstration of all-optical switching in a GaInAsP distributed feedback waveguide

Author

Nakatsuhara, K. ; Mizumoto, T. ; Takahashi, E. ; Sainul, H. ; Saka, Y. ; Ma, B.J. ; Nakano, Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. Electron., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan

fYear

1998

fDate

10-14 Aug 1998

Firstpage

340

Lastpage

342

Abstract

All-optical threshold operation and set-reset operation are successfully demonstrated in a GaInAsP waveguide with a Bragg reflector. In order to integrate the bistable device with other optical functional devices, it is the most promising way to use distributed Bragg reflectors for optical feedback. An intensity-dependent Bragg condition derives all-optical switching in a Bragg reflector-loaded waveguide having an intensity-dependent refractive index

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical bistability; optical feedback; optical switches; optical waveguides; refractive index; Bragg reflector; Bragg reflector-loaded waveguide; GaInAsP; GaInAsP distributed feedback waveguide; GaInAsP waveguide; all-optical switching; all-optical threshold operation; bistable device; distributed Bragg reflectors; intensity-dependent Bragg condition; intensity-dependent refractive index; optical feedback; optical functional device; set-reset operation; Distributed feedback devices; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical feedback; Optical fiber networks; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical variables control; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nonlinear Optics '98: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications Topical Meeting

Conference_Location

Kauai, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4950-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NLO.1998.710303

Filename

710303