ABSTRACT
Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers ( CREOL) and the Dept, o f Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University o f Central Florida Orlando, FL 32816-2700, USA
1. In tro d u c tio n ................................................................................... 471 2. Bandgap Resonant Nonlinear Optical Properties of Multiple
Quantum Well S tructures.....................................................................473 3. Disordering of Quantum Wells by Zinc D if f u s io n ......................... 474 4. Vacancy Induced Disordering by Oxidation and Annealing . . 478 5. Vacancy Induced Disordering by Spin-on Silica Film Capping
and A n n e a lin g .....................................................................................482 5.1. Theoretical M o d e lin g ............................................................... 485
6. Guided Wave Optical D evices.............................................................488 6.1. The Zero-Gap Nonlinear Directional C o u p le r ........................488 6.2. The Integrated Mach-Zehnder In terferom eter........................490 6.3. Measurement of All-Optical Sw itching....................................492
