Abstract
Semiconductors and in particular AlGaAs, have proved to be optimum nonlinear materials when operated below the half band gap. Large phase shifts have been observed, with a minimal nonlinear absorption. The large nonlinear refractive index found in AlGaAs can also be used to observe spatial solitons, at lower power levels that have previously been employed in CS2 and glass waveguides[1,2]. AlGaAs is thus an ideal candidate for the study and implementation of devices which utilise spatial solitons[3]. Here we report on a device which employs spatial solitons for all-optical switching[4].
© 1995 Optical Society of America
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