A phase insensitive all-optical router based on nonlinear lenslike planar waveguides

doi:10.1364/OPEX.13.003355

Optics Express

Editor: Michael Duncan
Vol. 13, Iss. 9 — May. 2, 2005
pp: 3355–3370

A phase insensitive all-optical router based on nonlinear lenslike planar waveguides

Eduardo Mateo and Jesús Liñares »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 13, Issue 9, pp. 3355-3370 (2005)
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Abstract

We present the design of an all-optical router based on the properties of both propagation and interaction of Gaussian beams in lenslike planar guides. Variational results of single co- and counterpropagation are derived and used to design three integrated optical devices, that is, a header extraction device, an optical bistable device and a data routing device, which perform an ultrafast, phase-insensitive and fiber compatible routing operation in the optical domain.

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(190.4390) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, integrated optics
(200.4560) Optics in computing : Optical data processing
(230.1150) Optical devices : All-optical devices

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Original Manuscript: January 11, 2005
Revised Manuscript: April 18, 2005
Published: May 2, 2005

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Eduardo Mateo and Jesús Liñares, "A phase insensitive all-optical router based on nonlinear lenslike planar waveguides," Opt. Express 13, 3355-3370 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-13-9-3355

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B. Olsson, L. Rau, and J. Blumenthal,�??WDM to OTDM multiplexing using an ultrafast all-optical wavelength converter,�?? IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 13, 1905 (2001). [CrossRef]
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I. Glesk, K.I. Kang, and P. R. Prucnal, �??Ultrafast photonic packet switching with optical control,�?? Opt. Express 1, 126 (1997). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
K. H. Park, and T. Mizumoto, �??All-optical address extraction for optical routing,�?? Opt. Eng., 38, 1848 (1999). [CrossRef]
V. W. S. Chan, K. L. Hall, E. Modiano and K. A. Rauschenbach, �??Architectures and technologies for high-speed optical data networks,�?? J. Lightwave Technol. 16, 2146 (1998). [CrossRef]
H. J. Lee, J. B. Yoo, V. K. Tsui, and K. H. Fong, �??A simple all-optical label detection and swapping technique incorporating a fiber Bragg grating filter,�?? IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 13, 635 (2001). [CrossRef]
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A. E. Kaplan, �??Optical bistability that is due to mutual self-action of counterpropagating beams of light,�?? Opt. Lett. 6, 360 (1981). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
E. F. Mateo, J. Liñares, and C. Montero, �??Intrinsic bistability achieved by transverse modal coupling in a nonlinear integrated device,�?? J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 4, 562 (2002). [CrossRef]
F. Garzia, C. Sibilia, and M. Bertolotti, �??All-optical serial switcher,�?? Opt. Quantum Electron. 32, 781 (2000). [CrossRef]
J. H. Marburger, and F. S. Felber, �??Theory of a lossless nonlinear Fabry-Perot interferometer,�?? Phys. Rev. A 17, 335 (1978). [CrossRef]
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R. G. Hunsperger, Integrated optics: Theory and technology (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1991).
E. F. Mateo, and J. Liñares, �??All-optical integrated logic gates based on intensity-dependent transverse modal coupling,�?? Opt. Quantum Electron. 35, 1221 (2003). [CrossRef]
D. Anderson, �??Variational approach to nonlinear pulse propagation in optical fibers,�?? Phys.Rev. A 27, 3135 (1983). [CrossRef]
J. Liñares, C. Montero, and D. Sotelo, �??Theory and design of an integrated optical sensor based on planar waveguiding lenses,�?? Opt. Commun. 180, 29 (2000). [CrossRef]
J. Liñares, M. C. Nistal, �??Single local mode propagation though ion-exchanged waveguide elements with quasi-abrupt transitions,�?? Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 35, L1596 (1996). [CrossRef]
M. Desaix, D. Anderson, M. J. and Lisak, �??Variational approach to collapse of optical pulses,�?? Opt. Soc. Am. B 8, 2082 (1991). [CrossRef]
R. J. Gehr, G. L. Fisher, R. W. and Boyd, �??Nonlinear-optical response of porous-glass-based composite materials,�?? J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 2310 (1997). [CrossRef]
E. F. Mateo, and J. Liñares, �??Third order nonlinear integrated device based on an effective graded-index waveguide for all-optical multistability,�?? Fiber and Int. Optics. To be published (2005). [CrossRef]
J. Liñares, G. C. Righini, and J. E. Alvarellos,�??Modal coupling analysis for integrated optical components in glass and lithium niobate,�?? App. Opt. 31, 5292 (1992). [CrossRef]

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[1] G. Stix, �??The triumph of light,�?? Scientific American, January (1998)

[2] B. Olsson, L. Rau, and J. Blumenthal,�??WDM to OTDM multiplexing using an ultrafast all-optical wavelength converter,�?? IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 13, 1905 (2001). [CrossRef]

[3] J. Blumenthal, B. Olsson, G. Rossi, T. E. Dimmick, L. Rau, M. Masanovic, O. Lavrova, R. Doshi, O. Jerphagnon, J. E. Bowers, V. Kaman, L. A. Coldren, and J. Barton, �??All-optical label swapping networks and technologies,�?? J. Lightwave Technol. 18, 2058 (2000). [CrossRef]

[4] I. Glesk, K.I. Kang, and P. R. Prucnal, �??Ultrafast photonic packet switching with optical control,�?? Opt. Express 1, 126 (1997). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] K. H. Park, and T. Mizumoto, �??All-optical address extraction for optical routing,�?? Opt. Eng., 38, 1848 (1999). [CrossRef]

[6] V. W. S. Chan, K. L. Hall, E. Modiano and K. A. Rauschenbach, �??Architectures and technologies for high-speed optical data networks,�?? J. Lightwave Technol. 16, 2146 (1998). [CrossRef]

[7] H. J. Lee, J. B. Yoo, V. K. Tsui, and K. H. Fong, �??A simple all-optical label detection and swapping technique incorporating a fiber Bragg grating filter,�?? IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 13, 635 (2001). [CrossRef]

[8] D. Anderson, and M. Lisak, �??Bandwidth limits due to incoherent soliton interaction in optical-fiber communication systems,�?? Phys. Rev. A 32, 2270 (1985). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] A. E. Kaplan, �??Optical bistability that is due to mutual self-action of counterpropagating beams of light,�?? Opt. Lett. 6, 360 (1981). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] E. F. Mateo, J. Liñares, and C. Montero, �??Intrinsic bistability achieved by transverse modal coupling in a nonlinear integrated device,�?? J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 4, 562 (2002). [CrossRef]

[11] F. Garzia, C. Sibilia, and M. Bertolotti, �??All-optical serial switcher,�?? Opt. Quantum Electron. 32, 781 (2000). [CrossRef]

[12] J. H. Marburger, and F. S. Felber, �??Theory of a lossless nonlinear Fabry-Perot interferometer,�?? Phys. Rev. A 17, 335 (1978). [CrossRef]

[13] R. A. Sammut, C. Pask, and Q. Y. Li, �??Theoretical study of spatial solitons in planar waveguides,�?? J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 10, 485 (1993) [CrossRef]

[14] R. G. Hunsperger, Integrated optics: Theory and technology (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1991).

[15] E. F. Mateo, and J. Liñares, �??All-optical integrated logic gates based on intensity-dependent transverse modal coupling,�?? Opt. Quantum Electron. 35, 1221 (2003). [CrossRef]

[16] D. Anderson, �??Variational approach to nonlinear pulse propagation in optical fibers,�?? Phys.Rev. A 27, 3135 (1983). [CrossRef]

[17] J. Liñares, C. Montero, and D. Sotelo, �??Theory and design of an integrated optical sensor based on planar waveguiding lenses,�?? Opt. Commun. 180, 29 (2000). [CrossRef]

[18] J. Liñares, M. C. Nistal, �??Single local mode propagation though ion-exchanged waveguide elements with quasi-abrupt transitions,�?? Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 35, L1596 (1996). [CrossRef]

[19] M. Desaix, D. Anderson, M. J. and Lisak, �??Variational approach to collapse of optical pulses,�?? Opt. Soc. Am. B 8, 2082 (1991). [CrossRef]

[20] R. J. Gehr, G. L. Fisher, R. W. and Boyd, �??Nonlinear-optical response of porous-glass-based composite materials,�?? J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 2310 (1997). [CrossRef]

[21] E. F. Mateo, and J. Liñares, �??Third order nonlinear integrated device based on an effective graded-index waveguide for all-optical multistability,�?? Fiber and Int. Optics. To be published (2005). [CrossRef]

[22] J. Liñares, G. C. Righini, and J. E. Alvarellos,�??Modal coupling analysis for integrated optical components in glass and lithium niobate,�?? App. Opt. 31, 5292 (1992). [CrossRef]

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