Abstract

Preliminary results of experiments with a multiple-quantum-well (MQW) nonlinear waveguide switching element are reported. A power-dependent energy transfer between two slab waveguides coupled through a MQW layer is demonstrated at a wavelength near the exciton resonance peak of the MQW.

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