Wavelength-selective pulsed all-optical switching based on cascaded second-order nonlinearity in a periodically poled lithium-niobate waveguide

G. S. Kanter; P. Kumar; K. R. Parameswaran; M. M. Fejer

doi:10.1109/68.917845

Wavelength-selective pulsed all-optical switching based on cascaded second-order nonlinearity in a periodically poled lithium-niobate waveguide

G. S. Kanter^*, P. Kumar, K. R. Parameswaran, M. M. Fejer

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

We report all-optical switching in a time and wavelength window based on cascaded sum- and difference-frequency generation in a periodically poled lithium-niobate waveguide. More than 50% switching of a 5-ps pulse is observed with a gate-pulse peak power of 6.6 W.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	341-343
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/68.917845
State	Published - Apr 2001

Funding

Manuscript received September 5, 2000; revised November 10, 2000. This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. G. S. Kanter and P. Kumar are with the Center for Photonic Communication and Computing, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North-western University, Evanston, IL 60208-3118 (e-mail: [email protected]). K. R. Parameswaran and M. Fejer are with the E. L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4085 USA. Publisher Item Identifier S 1041-1135(01)01971-1.

Keywords

Nonlinear optics
Optical communications
Optical switches
Optical waveguides

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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