ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING IN 2 CASCADED NONLINEAR DIRECTIONAL-COUPLERS

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作者
AITCHISON, JS
VILLENEUVE, A
STEGEMAN, GI
机构
[1] UNIV LAVAL,CTR OPT PHOTON & LASER,LAVAL,PQ,CANADA
[2] UNIV LAVAL,DEPT PHYS,LAVAL,PQ,CANADA
[3] UNIV CENT FLORIDA,CTR RES & EDUC OPT & LASERS,ORLANDO,FL 32826
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10.1364/OL.20.000698
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:698 / 700
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