Comparison of sagnac and Mach–Zehnder ultrafast all-optical interferometric switches based on a semiconductor resonant optical nonlinearity

K. I. Kang, T. G. Chang, I. Glesk, P. R. Prucnal

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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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)417-426
Number of pages10
JournalApplied Optics
Volume35
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 20 1996

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Mach–Zehnder
  • Resonant optical nonlinearities
  • Sagnac
  • Semiconductor optical amplifiers
  • Terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer
  • Ultrafast all-optical switch

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