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InGaAsP/InP optical waveguide switch operated by a carrier-induced change in the refractive index

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Waveguided semiconductor optical switches operated by a carrier-induced change in the refractive-index associated with the plasma dispersion are proposed. InGaAsP/InP four-port switches having two intersecting single-mode channel waveguides are fabricated by selective liquid-phase epitaxy and investigated at 1.5μm wavelength. Optical switching is observed as a result of mode interference in the waveguide intersection region.

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  1. Osamu Mikami

    Present address: Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, The University, G12 8QQ, Glasgow, UK

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  1. NTT Musashino Electrical Communication Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, 3-9-11, Midoricho, Musashino-shi, 180, Tokyo, Japan

    Osamu Mikami & Hiroshi Nakagome

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Mikami, O., Nakagome, H. InGaAsP/InP optical waveguide switch operated by a carrier-induced change in the refractive index. Opt Quant Electron 17, 449–455 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00619572

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