| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.014031 |
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| Author | Search for: Glesk, Ivan; Search for: Bock, Przemek J.; Search for: Cheben, Pavel1ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4232-9130; Search for: Schmid, Jens H.1; Search for: Lapointe, Jean1; Search for: Janz, Siegfried1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Microstructural Sciences
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | all-optical switching; control switching; downconversion; index-guided structures; Mach-Zehnder; nonlinear Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical signals; periodic waveguides; sub-wave length grating; sub-wavelength; ultrafast all-optical switching; wire wave guides; crystal structure; photonic crystals; switching; two dimensional; waveguides; optical switches |
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| Abstract | We report on the experimental demonstration of ultrafast all-optical switching and wavelength down-conversion based on a novel nonlinear Mach-Zehnder interferometer with subwavelength grating and wire waveguides. Unlike other periodic waveguides such as line-defects in a 2D photonic crystal lattice, a subwavelength grating waveguide confines the light as a conventional index-guided structure and does not exhibit optically resonant behaviour. Since the device had no dedicated port to input optical signal to control switching a new approach was also implemented for all-optical switching control. © 2011 Optical Society of America. |
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| Publication date | 2011 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 21271411 |
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| Record identifier | 10594ff2-66ff-484d-b672-5966336e7a54 |
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| Record created | 2014-03-24 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-21 |
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