TY - JOUR
T1 - Picosecond all-optical switching using nonlinear Mach–Zehnder with silicon subwavelength grating and photonic wire arms
AU - Glesk, Ivan
AU - Bock, P. J.
AU - Cheben, Pavel
AU - Schmid, Jens H.
AU - Lapointe, Jean François
AU - Janz, Siegfried
N1 - Invited paper from the issue entitled "Special Issue: Silicon photonics and nanophotonics"
PY - 2012/10/1
Y1 - 2012/10/1
N2 - We investigate the picosecond switching capabilities of a planar waveguide interferometric photonic device when used for all-optical wavelength conversion of one picosecond pulses. Our device comprises a subwavelength grating waveguide arm and a photonic wire waveguide arm in a Mach–Zehnder configuration, fabricated on the silicon-on-insulator material platform. No detrimental effects of pulse broadening for transient pulses were observed.
AB - We investigate the picosecond switching capabilities of a planar waveguide interferometric photonic device when used for all-optical wavelength conversion of one picosecond pulses. Our device comprises a subwavelength grating waveguide arm and a photonic wire waveguide arm in a Mach–Zehnder configuration, fabricated on the silicon-on-insulator material platform. No detrimental effects of pulse broadening for transient pulses were observed.
KW - all-optical switching devices
KW - diffraction gratings
KW - integrated picosecond all-optical switch
KW - subwavelength structures
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84867232633&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11082-012-9609-5
DO - 10.1007/s11082-012-9609-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84867232633
SN - 0306-8919
VL - 44
SP - 613
EP - 621
JO - Optical and Quantum Electronics
JF - Optical and Quantum Electronics
IS - 12-13
ER -