Optical nonlinear phase shifter using vertical microcavity with saturable absorber

Author

Suda, Satoshi ; Koyama, Fumio ; Nishiyama, Nobuhiko ; Caneau, Catherine ; Zah, Chung-en

Author_Institution

Microsyst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We propose an optical nonlinear phase-shifter based on resonant cavity saturable absorber. A large nonlinear phase-shift was observed in both modeling and experiment. The device would be useful for mitigating fiber nonlinearities in optical domain.

Keywords

microcavity lasers; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical phase shifters; optical saturable absorption; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; fiber nonlinearities mitigation; optical domain; optical nonlinear phase shifter; resonant cavity saturable absorber; vertical microcavity; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Microcavities; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical pulse compression; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Phase shifters; (190.3270) Kerr effect; (230.4320) Nonlinear optical device; (320.5520) Pulse compression;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628393

Filename

4628393