• DocumentCode
    1554493
  • Title

    All-optical bistable switching in nonlinear directional coupler loaded with Bragg reflector

  • Author

    Nakatsuhara, K. ; Hossain, S. ; Mizumoto, T. ; Jeong, Seok-Hwan ; Ma, Byong-Jin ; Nakano, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. Electron., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    15
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    7/22/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1243
  • Lastpage
    1244
  • Abstract
    A GaInAsP nonlinear directional coupler loaded with a Bragg reflector has been fabricated. All-optical bistable switching in the fabricated device is demonstrated at a wavelength of 1.55 μm
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical Kerr effect; optical bistability; optical directional couplers; optical planar waveguides; optical switches; 1.55 micron; Bragg reflector loaded; GaInAsP; all-optical bistable switching; coupled waveguides; nonlinear directional coupler; optical Kerr effect;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19990866
  • Filename
    790775