Waveguide design for minimum nonlinear effective area and switching energy in AlGaAs at half the bandgap

A. Villeneuve; J. S. Aitchison; B. Vögele; R. Tapella; J. U. Kang; C. Trevino; G. I. Stegeman

doi:10.1049/el:19950389

Waveguide design for minimum nonlinear effective area and switching energy in AlGaAs at half the bandgap

A. Villeneuve
, J. S. Aitchison
, B. Vögele
, R. Tapella
, J. U. Kang
, C. Trevino
, G. I. Stegeman

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Abstract

The authors report a waveguide design which has been optimised to allow efficient, all-optical switching, in AIGaAs at half the bandgap. The effective area has been reduced to 6 μm², allowing us to observe a nonlinear phase shift of > 5π. Nonlinear directional couplers, fabricated in the same material, exhibit a critical power of 42W of energy of 31 pJ.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	549-551
Number of pages	3
Journal	Electronics Letters
Volume	31
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19950389
State	Published - Mar 30 1995
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Aluminium gallium arsenide
Optical waveguide theory
Photonic switching

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Waveguide design for minimum nonlinear effective area and switching energy in AlGaAs at half the bandgap

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