COMPARISON OF SAGNAC AND MACH-ZEHNDER ULTRAFAST ALL-OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRIC SWITCHES BASED ON A SEMICONDUCTOR RESONANT OPTICAL NONLINEARITY

Authors
KANG KI CHANG TG GLESK I PRUCNAL PR
Citation
Ki. Kang et al., COMPARISON OF SAGNAC AND MACH-ZEHNDER ULTRAFAST ALL-OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRIC SWITCHES BASED ON A SEMICONDUCTOR RESONANT OPTICAL NONLINEARITY, Applied optics, 35(3), 1996, pp. 417-426
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
35
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
417 - 426
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1996)35:3<417:COSAMU>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We present a theoretical analysis of recently demonstrated ultrafast a ll-optical interferometric switching devices (based on Sagnac and Mach -Zehnder interferometers) that use a large optical nonlinearity in a r esonant regime. These devices achieve similar to 10-ps switching windo ws and do not require high-energy optical control pulses. We theoretic ally analyze and compare one Sagnac and two Mach-Zehnder switching con figurations.