Ultrafast all-optical switching in Ai0.18Ga0.82As directional coupler in 1·55 µm spectral region

Electronics Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 1991, Pages 1709-1710

  Aitchison, J S ^a   Kean, A H ^a   Ironside, C N ^a   Villeneuve, A ^b   Stegeman, G I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional couplers; Nonlinear optics; Optical switching; Optics

Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS--OPTICAL PROPERTIES; WAVEGUIDES, OPTICAL;

ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; SEMICONDUCTOR WAVEGUIDES; ULTRAFAST SWITCHING;

WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

EID: 0026221370     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19911064     Document Type: Article

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