Distributed-feedback, optically-controlled waveguide switching element requiring low control energy and showing fast response

Author

Campi, D. ; Faustini, L. ; Coriasso, C. ; Rigo, C. ; Cacciatore, C. ; Stano, A.

Author_Institution

CSELT, Torino, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

10-13 Nov 1997

Firstpage

186

Abstract

In this contribution, results of experiments with a nonlinear distributed-feedback (DFB) InGaAs compressively strained MQW waveguide are reported. In particular, we fabricate a device owing its functionality to an optical-intensity-dependent Bragg condition at a wavelength of interest for telecommunication applications, thereby obtaining an optically-controlled switching of optical signals

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; excitons; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical switches; optical waveguides; semiconductor quantum wells; InGaAs; InGaAs compressively strained MQW waveguide; distributed-feedback optically-controlled waveguide switching element; fast response; low control energy; optical signal switching; optical-intensity-dependent Bragg condition; optically-controlled switching; telecommunication applications; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical control; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Probes; Pulse width modulation; Telecommunication switching; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3895-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1997.630578

Filename

630578