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  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Vol. 24,
  • Issue 1,
  • pp. 617-
  • (2006)

Finite-Element Modeling of Nonlinear Mach-Zehnder Interferometers Based on Photonic-Crystal Waveguides for All-Optical Signal Processing

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Abstract

A nonlinear Mach-Zehnder interformeter based on photonic-crystal waveguides is proposed and modeled by using rigorous finite-element-based numerical scheme. Guided modes of nonlinear photonic-crystal waveguides are investigated to determine a length of nonlinear arm and a switching power, and further, intensity-dependent switching characteristics of the nonlinear Mach-Zehnder interferometer, for the first time, as far as the authors know, are demonstrated. Effects of saturable nonlinearity and two-photon absorption (TPA) on switching characteristics are also taken into account.

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