Self-Switching in Crossing Waveguides with Three Channels Consisting of Nonlinear Material

Yono Hadi PRAMONO  Masahiro GESHIRO  Toshiaki KITAMURA  Shinnosuke SAWA  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics   Vol.E82-C   No.1   pp.111-118
Publication Date: 1999/01/25
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Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Opto-Electronics
Keyword: 
nonlinear waveguide,  optical switch,  finite difference beam propagation method FD-BPM,  

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Summary: 
We examine crossing waveguides with three channels consisting of nonlinear material by means of FD-BPM (Finite Difference Beam Propagation Method). Specifically, we investigate how the insertion of a multimode waveguide into the crossing section of both 13 and 23 structures influences the switching characteristics of output power. We then confirm that these structures can be favorably applied to a wide variety of all-optical devices for integrated optics such as intensity-dependent optical switches, optical power distributors and so on.