An ultra-rapid all-optical switch useful for application in the future high-bit-rate systems is presented. Ti:LiNbO3 waveguides are considered owing to the acceptable substrate nonlinear relative dielectric constant (a 41 01 8 m2/V2) and the consolidated waveguide fabrication technology. Logic gates which can perform the XOR AND and NOT functions are investigated. The optical switching is provided via optical control pulses in one or both arms by exploiting either the stable or the unstable region of the waveguided optical power versus the effective refractive index.

All-optical Ti:LiNbO3 waveguide switch / D'Alessandro, Antonio; De Sario, Marco; D'Orazio, Antonella; Petruzzelli, Vincenzo (PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING). - In: Optically Activated Switching: Advances in Intelligent Robotics Systems, 4-9 November 1990. Proceedings / [a cura di] Fred J. Zutavern. - STAMPA. - Bellingham, WA : Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 1991. - ISBN 0-8194-0445-4. - pp. 127-138 [10.1117/12.25047]

All-optical Ti:LiNbO3 waveguide switch

Marco De Sario;Antonella D'Orazio;Vincenzo Petruzzelli
1991-01-01

Abstract

An ultra-rapid all-optical switch useful for application in the future high-bit-rate systems is presented. Ti:LiNbO3 waveguides are considered owing to the acceptable substrate nonlinear relative dielectric constant (a 41 01 8 m2/V2) and the consolidated waveguide fabrication technology. Logic gates which can perform the XOR AND and NOT functions are investigated. The optical switching is provided via optical control pulses in one or both arms by exploiting either the stable or the unstable region of the waveguided optical power versus the effective refractive index.
1991
Optically Activated Switching: Advances in Intelligent Robotics Systems, 4-9 November 1990. Proceedings
0-8194-0445-4
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
All-optical Ti:LiNbO3 waveguide switch / D'Alessandro, Antonio; De Sario, Marco; D'Orazio, Antonella; Petruzzelli, Vincenzo (PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING). - In: Optically Activated Switching: Advances in Intelligent Robotics Systems, 4-9 November 1990. Proceedings / [a cura di] Fred J. Zutavern. - STAMPA. - Bellingham, WA : Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 1991. - ISBN 0-8194-0445-4. - pp. 127-138 [10.1117/12.25047]
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