Interferometric all-optical switches for ultrafast signal processing
- 10 May 1998
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 37 (14) , 2831-2842
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.37.002831
Abstract
All-optical switches find applications in ultrahigh-speed network–user interfaces and in specialized high-speed processors, such as data regenerators and encryptors and microwave signal generators. We describe a semiconductor optical-amplifier-based single-arm interferometric switch called the ultrafast nonlinear interferometer. We discuss how the gain and the refractive-index nonlinearities in semiconductor optical amplifiers have an impact on the all-optical switch design, and we review experimental results obtained with the ultrafast nonlinear interferometer.Keywords
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