Abstract
We report all-optical switching with low-peak power in a microfabricated AlGaAs waveguide operating at 1.6 µm. We show that by using a 1-cm long microfabricated strongly-guided waveguide with 0.8 µm by 0.9 µm mode cross-sectional area, switching is achieved with an average power of 1.2 mW for 82-MHz mode-locked 430 fs pulses. The estimated peak pump power and pulse energy inside the microfabricated waveguide were ~30 W and ~14.6 pJ, respectively, which is 5–10 times lower than the values needed with conventional waveguides. In terms of a practicality index defined via switching power times waveguide length, this waveguide has around the best value.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 641-643 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - Jun 1995 |
Funding
Manuscript received January 23, 1995. This work was supported by the Advanced Research Project Agency under Contract F30602-92-C-0086-PO3 and was performed in part at the National Nanofabrication Facility, which is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant ECS-8619049, Cornell University and industrial affiliates.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering