Monolithically integrated all-optical gate switch using intersubband transition in InGaAs/AlAsSb coupled double quantum wells.

We have developed a compact all-optical gate switch with a footprint less than 1 mm2, in which an optical nonlinear waveguide using cross-phase-modulation associated with intersubband transition in InGaAs/AlGaAs/AlAsSb coupled double quantum wells and a Michelson interferometer (MI) are monolithically integrated on an InP chip. The MI configuration allows a transverse magnetic pump light direct access to an MI arm for phase modulation while passive photonic integrated circuits serve a transverse electric signal light. Full switching of the π-rad nonlinear phase shift is achieved with a pump pulse energy of 8.6 pJ at a 10-GHz repetition rate. We also demonstrate all-optical demultiplexing of a 160-Gb/s signal to a 40-Gb/s signal.

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