Abstract
We propose an all-optical switching element based on forward Bragg diffraction in a periodically corrugated semiconductor laser amplifier. The device geometry is similar to that of an angled-grating distributed-feedback (α-DFB) laser except that there is no reflective feedback. Light induced changes in the refractive index cause the output to switch from a cross state to a bar state with input power levels of only a few milliwatts.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 815-817 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 7 |
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| State | Published - Jul 1999 |