Semiconductor Integrated Optics for Switching Light

ISBN-13: 9781681745206 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 74 str.

Charlie Ironside

Opis

As a way of introduction to all-optical switching in semiconductor waveguides, this book covers the electro-optic effect, electroabsorption and electrorefraction; effects that can be used in semiconductor optical modulation devices. But the book focuses on all-optical switching using second and third order optical nonlinearities in AlGaAs optical waveguides.

Spis treści

• 1. Introduction
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Switching
• 1.3 Linear optics: response theory and the Kramers-Kronig transformation
• 1.4 Nonlinear optics
• 1.5 Integrated optics - Semiconductor Optical waveguides
• 1.6 Outline of book
• 2. Linear Electro-optic effect, Electroabsorption and Electrorefraction
• 2.1 Dielectricifcation: Linear Electro-optic effect, Electrorefraction and Electroabsorption
• 2.2 Electroabsorption & Electrorefraction Effects
• 2.3 The Electroabsorption Modulator (EAM)
• 2.3.1 The Electroabsorption modulator (EAM) Franz-Keldysh effect in bulk semiconductor
• 2.4 Electro-refractive modulators
• 2.4.1 The directional coupler
• 2.4.2 The integrated electro-refractive Mach-Zehnder interferometer
• 2.5 Conclusion
• 3. Nonlinear Refraction: 2nd and 3rd Order optical nonlinearities
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Cascade 2nd Order Optical nonlinearity nonlinear phase change
• 3.2.1 Theory of Cascade 2nd Order Optical nonlinearity
• 3.2.2 AlGaAs waveguide example of the cascade second harmonic effect
• 3.3 Two photon effects
• 3.3.1 Two Photon Absorption and nonlinear refraction
• 3.3.2 The AlxGa1-xAs example
• 3.3.3 Two photon gain
• 3.4. Conclusions