SUBMILLIWATT OPTICAL BISTABILITY IN A COATED INGAAS INP MULTIQUANTUM-WELL WAVE-GUIDE FABRY-PEROT CAVITY/

Authors
NEILSON DT EHRLICH JE MEREDITH P WALKER AC KENNEDY GT GRANT RS ROBERTS PD SIBBETT W HOPKINSON M PATE M
Citation
Dt. Neilson et al., SUBMILLIWATT OPTICAL BISTABILITY IN A COATED INGAAS INP MULTIQUANTUM-WELL WAVE-GUIDE FABRY-PEROT CAVITY/, Electronics Letters, 29(17), 1993, pp. 1537-1539
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
29
Issue
17
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1537 - 1539
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1993)29:17<1537:SOBIAC>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The observation of submilliwatt switching and optical bistability in a n InGaAs/InP MQW waveguide Fabry-Perot cavity using diode laser source s is reported. Second-order bistability was also observed, with a high er power colour-centre laser source, showing that optically-induced ph ase shifts of greater than 2x can be achieved at power levels of less than 5 mW. A switch contrast of approximately 3:1 was observed.