All-optical switching and pulse routing in a distributed-feedback waveguide device
Optics Letters, Vol. 23, Issue 3, pp. 183-185 (1998)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.23.000183
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Abstract
Results of all-optical switching and pulse-routing experiments with a distributed-feedback multiple-quantum-well (MQW) nonlinear waveguide, operating at 1.55µm , are reported. The MQW material has been engineered, through the controlled introduction of defects, to lower the carrier lifetime from 2.5 ns to 280 ps. The energy required for switching is of the order of 1 pJ or less, the switching time is ~600 ps , and the on–off contrast exceeds 17 dB.
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OCIS Codes
(050.1950) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction gratings
(060.4510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Optical communications
(190.4390) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, integrated optics
(190.5970) Nonlinear optics : Semiconductor nonlinear optics including MQW
(250.5300) Optoelectronics : Photonic integrated circuits
(320.5390) Ultrafast optics : Picosecond phenomena
Citation
C. Coriasso, D. Campi, C. Cacciatore, L. Faustini, C. Rigo, and A. Stano, "All-optical switching and pulse routing in a distributed-feedback waveguide device," Opt. Lett. 23, 183-185 (1998)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-23-3-183
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