Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR)

All-optical switching of slow-light pulses in nonlinear Bragg grating couplers

Sangwoo Ha, Andrey A. Sukhorukov, Yuri S. Kivshar

Published Aug 1, 2007• 1 citation

Abstract

We suggest novel opportunities for power-controlled switching and slowing down of optical pulses in coupled waveguides with phase-shifted Bragg gratings, combined with cancellation of dispersion-induced pulse broadening through enhanced nonlinear self-action in the slow-light regime.

DOI: 10.1109/cleopr.2007.4391177

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