Comparison of Sagnac and Mach-Zehnder ultrafast all-optical interferometric switches based on a semiconductor resonant optical nonlinearity
Kang, K. I. and Chang, T. G. and Glesk, I. and Prucnal, P. R. (1996) Comparison of Sagnac and Mach-Zehnder ultrafast all-optical interferometric switches based on a semiconductor resonant optical nonlinearity. Applied Optics, 35 (3). pp. 417-426. ISSN 0003-6935
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Abstract
We present a theoretical analysis of recently demonstrated ultrafast all-optical interferometric switching devices (based on Sagnac and Mach-Zehnder interferometers) that use a large optical nonlinearity in a resonant regime. These devices achieve ∼10-ps switching windows and do not require high-energy optical control pulses. We theoretically analyze and compare one Sagnac and two Mach-Zehnder switching configurations.
Author(s): | Kang, K. I., Chang, T. G., Glesk, I. ![]() | Item type: | Article |
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ID code: | 47759 |
Keywords: | Mach-Zehnder, resonant optical nonlinearities, Sagnac, semiconductor optical amplifiers, terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer, ultrafast all-optical switch, Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering, Optics. Light, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics |
Subjects: | Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Science > Physics > Optics. Light |
Department: | Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering |
Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
Date deposited: | 02 May 2014 11:33 |
Last modified: | 22 Nov 2019 05:22 |
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URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/47759 |
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