Effect of two-photon absorption on all-optical guided-wave devices
- 30 October 1989
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 55 (18) , 1823-1825
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.102177
Abstract
We show that two-photon absorption can lead to serious deterioration in the all-optical switching characteristics of nonlinear directional couplers and distributed feedback gratings.Keywords
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