DocumentCode
2300214
Title
Polarization independent all-optical switching employing nonlinear vertical-groove DFB waveguide
Author
Jeong, So-Hee ; Mizumoto, Tetsuya ; Kim, Hyun-Chang ; Wiedmann, Jorg ; Arai, Shigehisa
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
fYear
2002
fDate
17-22 Mar 2002
Firstpage
140
Lastpage
141
Abstract
We report that the birefringence of waveguide was completely eliminated in a high mesa waveguide with vertically etched grating. Also, we report first demonstration of polarization-independent all-optical switching employing nonlinear DFB waveguide.
Keywords
diffraction gratings; integrated optics; light polarisation; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical switches; optical waveguides; wavelength division multiplexing; high mesa waveguide; nonlinear DFB waveguide; nonlinear vertical-groove DFB waveguide; polarization independent all-optical switching; polarization-independent all-optical switching; vertically etched grating; Birefringence; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Etching; Gratings; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Probes; Switches; Tellurium; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
Print_ISBN
1-55752-701-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2002.1036260
Filename
1036260
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