LOW-POWER ALL-OPTICAL POLARIZATION GATE SWITCH IN A PASSIVE INGAASP MQW WAVE-GUIDE AT 1.53-MU-M

Authors
DAY IE SNOW PA JIANG Z PENTY RV WHITE IH DAVIES DAO FISHER MA ADAMS MJ
Citation
Ie. Day et al., LOW-POWER ALL-OPTICAL POLARIZATION GATE SWITCH IN A PASSIVE INGAASP MQW WAVE-GUIDE AT 1.53-MU-M, Electronics Letters, 30(13), 1994, pp. 1050-1051
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
30
Issue
13
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1050 - 1051
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1994)30:13<1050:LAPGSI>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Optimised design of an InGaAsP multiquantum well waveguide has allowed the demonstration of all-optical switching of a 30ps pulse with coupl ed peak powers of 350mW. This is achieved at 1.53mum using resonant ba ndfilling and plasma effect refractive nonlinearities.