All-optical set-reset operation in a distributed feedback GaInAsP waveguide

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 78-80

  Nakatsuhara, K ^a   Mizumoto, T ^a   Munakata, R ^a   Kigure, Y ^a   Naito, Y ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical bistability; Optical control; Optical grating; Semiconductor materials; Waveguide switches

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK SEMICONDUCTOR WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE SWITCHES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031672657     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.651112     Document Type: Article

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