Title :
Nonlinear coherent coupler in semiconductor doped glass
Author :
Ironside, C.N. ; Cullen, T.J. ; Finlayson, N. ; Banyai, W.C. ; Wright, E.M. ; Seaton, C.T. ; Stegeman, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK
Abstract :
Fiber and integrated optical technologies are well suited for nonlinear optical switching, because of the high-power densities that can be sustained over long distances in guided-wave geometries. All-optical switching or modulation has been reported in dual-core fibers birefringent fiber polarizers, rocking rotator filter fibers, multiple quantum well directional couplers, and integrated optical Mach-Zehnder interferometers. The authors report all-optical switching on a picosecond time scale in an integrated optical coherent coupler fabricated in semiconductor-doped glass
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optical couplers; optical fibres; optical switches; semiconductor materials; birefringent fiber polarizers; dual-core fibers; guided-wave geometries; integrated optical Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optical coherent coupler; integrated optical technologies; multiple quantum well directional couplers; nonlinear optical switching; rocking rotator filter fibers; semiconductor doped glass;
Conference_Titel :
Optics in Computing, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
