Speed limit of all-optical gate switches using cascaded second-order nonlinear effect in quasi-phase-matched LiNbO 3 devices

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1267-1269

  Fukuchi, Yutaka ^b   Sakamoto, Takahide ^b   Taira, Kenji ^b   Kikuchi, Kazuro ^a,b   Kunimatsu, Daisuke ^c   Suzuki, Akira ^c   Ito, Hiromasa ^d  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical switching; Periodically poled lithium niobate; Quasi phase matching

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL GATE SWITCHES;

BIT ERROR RATE; CROSSTALK; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER PULSES; LITHIUM NIOBATE; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SWITCHING;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0036742196     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.801074     Document Type: Article

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