Open AccessSemiconductor periodic structures for out-of-plane optical switching and Bragg-soliton excitation
Author(s) -
Thomas G. Brown,
Robert Philip Fabrizzio,
S. Weiss
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.3.000433
Subject(s) - optics , excitation , semiconductor , dispersion (optics) , physics , optical switch , bragg's law , waveguide , soliton , materials science , optoelectronics , nonlinear system , diffraction , quantum mechanics
We study out-of-plane coupling and switching in a semiconductor periodic waveguide structure, with attention given to both dispersion within the structure and impedence matching of an external wave with a guided mode. We show nanosecond-scale optical switching and discuss the implications for Bragg soliton excitation.
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