Abstract
Three optical switch geometries have been compared and investigated. These are the Terahertz Optical Asymmetric Demultiplexer (TOAD), Colliding Pulse Mach-Zehnder (CPMZ), and Symmetric Mach-Zehnder (SMZ). Of the three geometries, the SMZ switch exhibits the best performance in terms of the minimum switching window width and output peak-to-peak amplitude. The control pulse energy requirements of all three devices are at least an order of magnitude less than the energy required by passive structures.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 254-255 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
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| State | Published - 2000 |
| Event | Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2000) - San Francisco, CA, USA Duration: May 7 2000 → May 12 2000 |
Other
| Other | Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO 2000) |
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| City | San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Period | 5/7/00 → 5/12/00 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering