Title :
All-optical switching in prism coupling to semiconductor-doped glass waveguides
Author :
Assanto, Gaetano ; Gabel, A. ; Seaton, C.T. ; Stegeman, G.I. ; Ironside, C.N. ; Cullen, T.J.
Author_Institution :
University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, Tucson, USA
Abstract :
Optical switching was observed within a pulse train during prism coupling into a nonlinear potassium-ion-exchanged semiconductor-doped-glass waveguide with modified composition. An interpretation of the observed phenomenon is given in terms of a slow (probably thermal) nonlinearity.
Keywords :
integrated optics; ion exchange; nonlinear optics; optical waveguides; switching; K+ ions; ion exchange; nonlinear optics; optical switching; optical waveguide; prism coupling; pulse train; semiconductor-doped glass waveguides; thermal nonlinearity;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870352
