Demonstration of all-optical switching with orthogonally-polarized control and signal light

Author

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

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan

fYear

2000

fDate

6-10 Aug. 2000

Firstpage

165

Lastpage

167

Abstract

All optical switching with orthogonally-polarized control and signal light and its wavelength dependence characteristics of the control light are discussed in the fabricated GaInAsP nonlinear distributed feedback waveguide. All-optical switching utilizing TM-polarized control light is demonstrated. In addition, the wavelength dependence of control light with respect to threshold switching power is also investigated.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; electro-optical switches; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; integrated optics; light polarisation; nonlinear optics; optical feedback; optical waveguides; GaInAsP; GaInAsP nonlinear distributed feedback waveguide; TM-polarized control light; all-optical switching; orthogonally-polarized control; signal light; threshold switching power; wavelength dependence characteristics; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber nonlinear optics; Gratings; Lighting control; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical feedback; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 2000. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

Kaua´i-Lihue, HI, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-646-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NLO.2000.883610

Filename

883610