Title :
Subpicosecond switching with symmetric Mach-Zehnder all-optical switch
Author :
Tajima, Katsubumi ; Sugimoto, Yoshiki
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Subpicosecond switching with the symmetric Mach-Zehnder (SMZ) all-optical switch has been demonstrated. The minimum full-width at half-maximum of the cross-correlation trace is less than 1 ps. To our best knowledge, this is the fastest switching experiment with incoherent and thus realistic, efficient nonlinearities.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; optical switches; 1 ps; cross-correlation; incoherent nonlinearity; subpicosecond switching; symmetric Mach-Zehnder all-optical switch; Arm; Dispersion; Laser mode locking; Lighting control; Optical pulse generation; Power measurement; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Switches; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-443-2
