A new, ultrafast, low loss, all-optical switch based on the cascaded second-order
nonlinearity is proposed. The device is based on an integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer …

All-optical switching by using a nondegenerate cascaded second-order nonlinearity is
described wherein a phase shift is induced at one frequency owing to the presence of …

The high-repetition switching capabilities of a recently developed symmetric Mach–Zehnder
SMZ all-optical switch are experimentally investigated. Using a series of four control pulses …

A new type of ultrafast all optical switch based on a Mach–Zehnder interferometer is
demonstrated with a 10 ps switching window which requires only 0.65 pJ of control pulse …

A counterpropagating quasi-phase-matched configuration is examined that is capable of
efficiently producing second-order cascaded nonlinear phase shifts with minimal power lost …

It has proven difficult to find materials with large enough nonlinearities (Q) combined with
low enough losses (a) to make high throughput all-optical switching (AOS) devices …

We present subpicosecond full-switching with a symmetric Mach-Zehnder all-optical switch.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the fastest all-optical switching experiment with …

Time-resolved numerical analysis of a nonlinear Sagnac interferometer switch (NSIS)
reveals that the combined effects of group velocity dispersion (GVD), self phase modulation …

The authors report measurements of ultrafast all-optical switching in dual-core fiber
nonlinear couplers. By performing the measurements with square optical pulses, the pulse …

We report the experimental results of a novel symmetric Mach-Zehnder (SMZ) all-optical
switch. Although the switching is based on the band-filling effect in the semiconductor …