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Enhancement of the nonlinear response in Mach-Zehnder-Fano interferometer

Date

Authors

XU, Yi

Miroshnichenko, Andrey

Publisher

IEEE

Abstract

We demonstrate the enhancement of nonlinear response and bistable switching in the Mach-Zehnder interferometer with side coupled nonlinear defects. Such system is known to exhibit high-Q nonlinear Fano resonances. Based on the introduced figure of merit the enhancement up to two orders of magnitude can be achieved compared to standard geometries. We applied these results for photonic crystal platform which allow for enhanced optical bistable operation.

Keywords

Keywords: Bistable switching; Bistables; Figure of merits; Non-linear response; Nonlinear defects; Nonlinear Fano resonance; Orders of magnitude; Optical fibers; Photonic crystals; Quantum electronics; Optics

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/57506

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ANU Research Publications

Source

Proceedings of the International Quantum Electronics Conference and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim 2011

Type

Conference paper

DOI

10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193949

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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