DocumentCode
1254627
Title
All-optical set-reset operation in a distributed feedback GaInAsP waveguide
Author
Nakatsuhara, K. ; Mizumoto, T. ; Munakata, R. ; Kigure, Y. ; Naito, Y.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. Electron., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
Volume
10
Issue
1
fYear
1998
Firstpage
78
Lastpage
80
Abstract
An optical bistable device is realized by an optical feedback structure and the optical Kerr effect. We fabricated an optical distributed feedback waveguide in a GaInAsP-InP wafer. All-optical set-reset operation has been observed in the GaInAsP-InP waveguide at a wavelength of 1.56 μm.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; electro-optical switches; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; integrated optics; optical Kerr effect; optical bistability; optical feedback; optical logic; optical waveguides; 1.56 mum; GaInAsP-InP; GaInAsP-InP wafer; GaInAsP-InP waveguide; all-optical set-reset operation; distributed feedback GaInAsP waveguide; optical Kerr effect; optical bistable device; optical feedback structure; Distributed feedback devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical feedback; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical signal processing; Optical superlattices; Optical waveguides;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/68.651112
Filename
651112
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