All-optical switching due to cascaded second-harmonic generation in directional couplers with laterally varying phase mismatches

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1834-1842

  Hempelmann, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADED SECOND-ORDER PROCESSES; DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0033323905     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.806594     Document Type: Article

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