All-optical switch with low threshold over a wide wavelength range by use of a Mach-Zehnder racetrack resonator

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 848-853

  Li, Li ^a,b   Li, Junqing ^b   Zhang, Xinlu ^a   Chen, Lixue ^b  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

EXTINCTION RATIO; MACH-ZEHNDER COUPLERS; RACETRACK RESONATORS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 34748866074     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/9/10/012     Document Type: Article

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