Title :
Ultrafast all-optical switching by pulse-induced birefringence in a multi-quantum well optical amplifier
Author :
Ju, H. ; Zhang, S. ; de Waardt, H. ; Khoe, G.D. ; Doren, H.J.S.
Author_Institution :
CORA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
We have demonstrated femtosecond pulse-induced nonlinear birefringence in a multi-quantum well semiconductor optical amplifier for all-optical switching. Coherent nonlinear optical effects such as two-photon absorption could be responsible for the ultrashort-transient birefringence.
Keywords :
birefringence; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical switches; quantum well lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; two-photon processes; coherent nonlinear optical effects; multiquantum well optical amplifier; pulse-induced birefringence; two-photon absorption; ultrafast all-optical switching;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
