Modeling and design of an all-optical switch based on Raman effect in optimized silicon-on-insulator waveguides

Author

Passaro, Vittorio M N ; De Leonardis, Francesco

Author_Institution

Dipartimento ed Elettronica, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

fYear

2005

fDate

22-24 June 2005

Firstpage

281

Lastpage

286

Abstract

Raman gain, two photon absorption, free carrier dispersion, self and cross phase modulation induced by Kerr effect are investigated theoretically in silicon-on-insulator waveguides. The influence of the rib waveguide sizes on the time-space evolution of the pump pulse and Stokes wave is presented. Finally, the application of the nonlinear effects in silicon to realise an all-optical switch is proposed.

Keywords

optical Kerr effect; optical design techniques; optical pumping; optical switches; optical waveguides; rib waveguides; self-phase modulation; silicon-on-insulator; stimulated Raman scattering; two-photon processes; Kerr effect; Raman effect; Stokes wave; all-optical switch design; cross phase modulation; free carrier dispersion; pump pulse; rib waveguide size; self-phase modulation; silicon-on-insulator waveguides; two photon absorption; Absorption; Design optimization; Nonlinear equations; Optical waveguides; Partial differential equations; Probes; Raman scattering; Silicon on insulator technology; Switches; Waveguide theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fibres and Optical Passive Components, 2005. Proceedings of 2005 IEEE/LEOS Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8949-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WFOPC.2005.1462140

Filename

1462140