Abstract

The characteristics of all-optical switching in a waveguide device with a distributed-feedback structure were experimentally investigated. The device was composed of a strip-loaded GaInAsP/InP waveguide and a distributed-feedback structure, which was fabricated by a combination of reactive-ion etching and electron-beam exposure. In the experiments, several optical switching operations were demonstrated. In particular, the all-optical set–reset operation and threshold operation were obtained.

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Dependence of threshold switching power on the control-light wavelength in a nonlinear distributed-feedback GaInAsP waveguide

Seok-Hwan Jeong, Katsumi Nakatsuhara, Tetsuya Mizumoto, Byong-Jin Ma, and Yoshiaki Nakano
Appl. Opt. 40(33) 6042-6048 (2001)

All-optical transistor operation based on the bistability principle in nonlinear distributed feedback GaInAsP-InP waveguide: a transient perspective

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J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 24(7) 1584-1588 (2007)

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Opt. Lett. 23(3) 183-185 (1998)

Weighted distributed feedback structure for all-optical bistable devices

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All-optical switching in distributed-feedback multiple-quantum-well waveguides

C. Coriasso, D. Campi, C. Cacciatore, L. Faustini, S. Mautino, C. Rigo, and A. Stano
Opt. Express 3(11) 454-464 (1998)