Title :
All-optical switching in microring-loaded Mach-Zehnder interferometer fabricated from perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB)
Author :
Kim, Y. ; Cao, W. ; Chen, S. ; Smith, D.W. ; Herman, W.N. ; Lee, C.H.
Author_Institution :
Laboratory for Physical Sciences, College Park, Maryland 20740, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate that all-optical switching in a microring-loaded Mach-Zhender interferometer fabricated from PFCB is possible, and obtained a response pulse width of about 30ps and a maximum modulation depth of 3.8 dB.
Keywords :
Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical polymers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Probes; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Resonance; Ring lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431064
