Switch energies of electronic and optical switches: a simple comparative study

Author

Thylén, Lars ; Palm, Thomas

Author_Institution

Lab. of Photonics & Microwave Eng., R. Inst. of Technol., Kista, Sweden

Volume

30

Issue

5

fYear

1994

fDate

5/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1163

Lastpage

1166

Abstract

A comparison of the switch energies of electrically controlled optical absorption switches and electronic switches is performed. It is shown that in the investigated case with quantum box based absorption switches, the switch energies of the optical switches are generally orders of magnitude larger than those of the electronic switches for very high frequencies. Consequences on integration of optical devices as well as on the potential for photonic switching and processing are briefly discussed

Keywords

electro-optical devices; electroabsorption; electronic switching systems; optical switches; semiconductor quantum dots; semiconductor quantum wells; electrically controlled optical absorption switches; electronic switches; optical device integration; optical switches; photonic switching; quantum box based absorption switches; switch energies; very high frequencies; Absorption; All-optical networks; High speed optical techniques; Optical bistability; Optical computing; Optical control; Optical devices; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Packet switching;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.303674

Filename

303674