All-optical switching in an angled-crating semiconductor Bragg amplifier

Authors
Franke, MA Winful, HG
Citation
Ma. Franke et Hg. Winful, All-optical switching in an angled-crating semiconductor Bragg amplifier, IEEE PHOTON, 11(7), 1999, pp. 815-817
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
7
Year of publication
1999
Pages
815 - 817
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(199907)11:7<815:ASIAAS>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We propose an all-optical switching element based on forward Bragg diffract ion in a periodically corrugated semiconductor laser amplifier. The device geometry is similar to that of an angled-grating distributed-feedback (alph a-DFB) laser except that there is no reflective feedback. Light induced cha nges in the refractive index cause the output to switch from a cross state to a bar state with input power levels of only a few milliwatts.