Title :
All-optical swicthing by optical Kerr effect in AlGaAs photonic crystal slab waveguide
Author :
Oda, Hisaya ; Yamanaka, Akio ; Ikeda, Naoki ; Sugimoto, Yoshimasa ; Asakawa, Kiyoshi
Author_Institution :
Chitose Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Chitose, Japan
Abstract :
We have succeeded all-optical Mach-Zehnder type switch by optical Kerr effect around 1550nm in AlGaAs photonic crystal slab waveguide. We also studied nonlinear refractive index n´2 in this waveguide.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical Kerr effect; optical switches; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; refractive index; AlGaAs; all-optical Mach-Zehnder type switch; nonlinear refractive index; optical Kerr effect; photonic crystal slab waveguide; Fiber nonlinear optics; Kerr effect; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Slabs; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
