Laser pulses - Optical communication - Semiconducting gallium compounds;
D O I:
10.1364/OL.18.001153
中图分类号:
O43 [光学];
学科分类号:
070207 ;
0803 ;
摘要:
We demonstrate femtosecond all-optical switching in both symmetric and asymmetric nonlinear X junctions, fabricated in AlGaAs channel waveguides at 1555 nm with photon energies below one half the semiconductor band gap. The switching is a consequence of optically induced symmetry breaking within the junction.