Monolithic integration of an all-optical Mach-Zehnder demultiplexer using an asymmetric twin-waveguide structure

Authors
Studenkov, PV Gokhale, MR Wei, J Lin, W Glesk, I Prucnal, PR Forrest, SR
Citation
Pv. Studenkov et al., Monolithic integration of an all-optical Mach-Zehnder demultiplexer using an asymmetric twin-waveguide structure, IEEE PHOTON, 13(6), 2001, pp. 600-602
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
600 - 602
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(200106)13:6<600:MIOAAM>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We demonstrate monolithic integration of a twin-waveguide Mach-Zehnder tera hertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer (MZ-TOAD), The InGaAsP-InP device op erates at 1.55 mum wavelength and has two semiconductor optical amplifiers in the asymmetric MZ interferometer configuration with a single control inp ut and a built-in switching delay, A 28-ps full-width at half-maximum (FWHM ) switching window with high contrast ratio for a range of control powers i s obtained using a counterpropagating optical signal and control pulses.