Title :
Demonstration of all-optical threshold operation in GaInAsP distributed feedback waveguides and its application to AND gate
Author :
Nakatsuhara, K. ; Jeong, S.H. ; Tsukishima, Yukio ; Mizumoto, T. ; Ma, B.J. ; Nakano, Yoshiaki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. Electron., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
All-optical AND gate operation using a nonlinear distributed feedback waveguide was obtained in a waveguide structure compatible with optical integrated circuits. The threshold power for the optical switching operation was mW order.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; integrated optics; logic gates; optical bistability; optical logic; optical switches; optical waveguides; AND gate operation; GaInAsP distributed feedback waveguides; all-optical threshold operation; bistable device; nonlinear distributed feedback waveguide; optical integrated circuits; optical switching; threshold power; Distributed feedback devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical feedback; Optical interferometry; Optical refraction; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Power semiconductor switches; Semiconductor waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
7-5635-0402-8
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.1999.820587