All-Optical Switching In 2 Cascaded Nonlinear Directional-Couplers

    Authors

    J. S. Aitchison; A. Villeneuve;G. I. Stegeman

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    Optics

    Abstract

    We report on what is to our knowledge the first demonstration of all-optical switching in two integrated nonlinear directional couplers cascaded together in series. The directional couplers were fabricated from AlGaAs and operated at a wavelength of 1.53 mu m, which corresponded to the half-band gap. The two devices were fabricated on the same chip, thereby eliminating coupling and reflection losses. We also report on the effects of pulse breakup.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    20

    Issue/Number

    7

    Publication Date

    1-1-1995

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    698

    Last Page

    700

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1995QP71100017

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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