Semiconductor Integrated Optics for Switching Light - Softcover

Ironside, Charlie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750328738 ISBN 13: 9780750328739

Publisher: Morgan & Claypool, 2017

Synopsis

This book covers the technology of switching or modulating light in semiconductor optical waveguides. Currently, a key function for optical communications systems is the conversion of data from an electrical signal to an optical signal for transmission in very low loss optical fibres and the converse process of optical to electrical conversion the O/E/O data conversion. This conversion between electronic and photonic signals imposes an energy consumption overhead on optical communication systems. So many research workers have been attracted to ultrafast all-optical switching of data in different formats. As a way of introduction to all-optical switching in semiconductor waveguides, the 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. It covers a variety of device configurations including integrated nonlinear couplers and Mach-Zehnder interferometers. Further, it provides design software in suit of Mathematica notebooks that can be used to explore the device design.

Edition details

• Publisher: Morgan & Claypool
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750328738
• ISBN 13: 9780750328739
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 74