• DocumentCode
    1874963
  • Title

    Experimental demonstration of femtosecond switching of a fully packaged all-optical switch

  • Author

    Yow, C.K. ; Chai, Y.J. ; White, Ian H. ; Leburn, C.G. ; McWilliam, A. ; Lagatsky, A.A. ; Brown, C.T.A. ; Sibbett, W. ; Maxwell, G. ; McDougall, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Photonic Syst., Cambridge Univ., UK
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-11 March 2005
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate femtosecond switching of a fully packaged hybrid-integrated Mach-Zehnder switch. A record switching window of 620 fs at full-width-half-maximum is achieved.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; photonic switching systems; 620 fs; Mach-Zehnder interferometer switch; all-optical communication systems; femtosecond switching; full-width-half-maximum; fully packaged all-optical switch; hybrid-integrated Mach-Zehnder switch; switching window; ultrafast switching devices; ultrashort optical pulse sources; Communication switching; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Packaging; Power semiconductor switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Telecommunication switching; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-783-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2005.192917
  • Filename
    1501454