Novel low-threshold all-optical switch

Zhuo Zhang; Yunan Sun

doi:10.1117/12.318251

14 August 1998 Novel low-threshold all-optical switch

Zhuo Zhang, Yunan Sun

Proceedings Volume 3556, Electro-Optic and Second Harmonic Generation Materials, Devices, and Applications II; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.318251
Event: Photonics China '98, 1998, Beijing, China

Abstract

We propose an all-optical switch that is composed of a symmetric Y-branch ion-exchanged glass waveguide with a strip of self-focusing polymer loaded on top of one branch and a strip of self-defocusing polymer loaded on top of the other branch. In terms of Jacobian elliptic functions, the nonlinear dispersion to explain the evolution of TE modes in the device was calculated. It is shown that the device can be used at relatively low input intensities. The factors affecting input power threshold and switching response of nonlinear wave propagation in the device are investigated in detail. To demonstrate nonlinear switching behaviors further, we employ a beam propagation method to simulate optical-field propagation in the Y-branch waveguide.

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Zhuo Zhang and Yunan Sun "Novel low-threshold all-optical switch", Proc. SPIE 3556, Electro-Optic and Second Harmonic Generation Materials, Devices, and Applications II, (14 August 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.318251

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