INTEGRATED ULTRAFAST SATURABLE ABSORBER

Authors
VILLENEUVE A AITCHISON JS KANG JU WIGLEY PG STEGEMAN GI
Citation
A. Villeneuve et al., INTEGRATED ULTRAFAST SATURABLE ABSORBER, Optics letters, 19(10), 1994, pp. 761-763
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
19
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
761 - 763
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1994)19:10<761:IUSA>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
An ultrafast saturable absorber was demonstrated experimentally in AlG aAs, operated with a photon energy below half the band gap, near 1555 nm. Both the saturation intensity and the linear transmission can be i ndependently designed in the structure. The device is based on spatial soliton emission from a tapered channel waveguide with a correspondin g increase in transmission of 50%. The experimental data compare favor ably with numerically simulated results.