A new all-optical switch by using the nonlinear asymmetric Mach-Zehnder waveguide structure

Yaw-Dong Wu; Mao-Hsiung Chen; Shih-Yuan Chen; Kang-Hsien Chiang

doi:10.1117/12.574072

28 January 2005 A new all-optical switch by using the nonlinear asymmetric Mach-Zehnder waveguide structure

Yaw-Dong Wu, Mao-Hsiung Chen, Shih-Yuan Chen, Kang-Hsien Chiang

Proceedings Volume 5646, Nonlinear Optical Phenomena and Applications; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.574072
Event: Photonics Asia, 2004, Beijing, China

Abstract

We propose a new all-optical switch by using the nonlinear asymmetric Mach-zehnder waveguide structure which is composed of a narrow nonlinear arm and a wide nonlinear arm. The light-induced index charges in the nonlinear asymmetric Mach-Zehnder waveguide structure break the symmetry of the structure and make the output beam swing in the uniform nonlinear medium. We investigate the characterization by using the beam propagation method. By properly launching the input power, the numerical results show that the proposed nonlinear asymmetric Mach-Zehnder waveguide structure could function as an all-optical switch.

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Yaw-Dong Wu, Mao-Hsiung Chen, Shih-Yuan Chen, and Kang-Hsien Chiang "A new all-optical switch by using the nonlinear asymmetric Mach-Zehnder waveguide structure", Proc. SPIE 5646, Nonlinear Optical Phenomena and Applications, (28 January 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.574072

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