All-optical bistable switching, hard-limiter and wavelength-controlled power source

doi:10.1007/s12200-016-0526-2

Front. Optoelectron.

2016, Vol. 9

Issue (4) : 560-564 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-016-0526-2

RESEARCH ARTICLE

All-optical bistable switching, hard-limiter and wavelength-controlled power source

Mehdi SHIRDEL,Mohammad Ali MANSOURI-BIRJANDI(

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Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan (USB), Zahedan 98164-161, Iran

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Abstract

In this paper, an all-optical bistable switching operation of resonant-tunneling devices with ultra-small photonic crystal cavity was demonstrated. The whole structure was based on a square lattice photonic crystal formed by rods of refractive index n_r=3.4 in an air background. The cavity was surrounded by eight nonlinear rods of refractive index n_L0=3.1 and nonlinear Kerr coefficient n₂=9×10⁻¹⁷W/m². Nonlinear finite difference time domain method was used to get a bistability hysteresis loop. Next, all-optical wavelength controlled power source (WCPS), hard-limiter and switching operation based on optical nonlinearity were shown. And that small cavity structure has a small length of 12 mm. Considering the numerous applications and small length, this proposed structure has various potential function in all-optical circuits.

Keywords all-optical bistability Kerr nonlinearity photonic crystal cavity switching

Corresponding Author(s): Mohammad Ali MANSOURI-BIRJANDI

Online First Date: 18 February 2016 Issue Date: 29 November 2016

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Mehdi SHIRDEL,Mohammad Ali MANSOURI-BIRJANDI. All-optical bistable switching, hard-limiter and wavelength-controlled power source[J]. Front. Optoelectron., 2016, 9(4): 560-564.

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Fig.1 (a) Structure of photonic crystal all-optical switch based on nonlinear cavity. The whole structure was based on a square lattice photonic crystal of lattice constant of a = 600 nm, formed by rods of refractive index n_r= 3.4 in an air background. Fill factor of structure was r/a = 0.2 and Kerr coefficient of nonlinear rod was n₂ = 9×10⁻¹⁷ W/m²; (b) the proposed structure based on slab photonic crystal

Fig.2 TM-band structure 2D photonic crystal formed by rods of refractive index n_r= 3.4 in an air background

Fig.3 Transmission spectrum of the proposed structure for P_in=1 and 15 W/mm

Fig.4 Dependence of P_out as a function of P_in for l=1547.00 nm

Fig.5 (a) P_out as a function of P_in for l=1546.70 to 1547.45 nm; (b) dependence of P_out on the wavelength for P_in=55 W/mm (in the range of P_in>30 W/mm)

Fig.6 Input and output pulses for l=1546.70, 1547.00 and 1547.30 nm

Fig.7 (a) Schematic of structure with CW input and control pulses; (b) temporal behavior of the control pulse and normalized output signal with and without control pulse

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