Low-crosstalk 103 channel × 10 Gb/s (1.03 Tb/s) wavelength conversion with a quasi-phase-matched LiNbO3 waveguide

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 521-528

  Yamawaku, Jun ^b   Takara, Hidehiko ^a,b   Ohara, Takuya ^a,b   Takada, Atsushi ^a,b   Morioka, Toshio ^a,b   Tadanaga, Osamu ^c   Miyazawa, Hiroshi ^c   Asobe, Masaki ^c  

^a IEEE

^b NTT Corporation   (Japan)

^c NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Parametric crosstalk; Parametric process; Quasi phase matched LiNbO 3; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

PARAMETRIC DEVICES; SIGNAL THEORY; WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

PARAMETRIC CROSSTALK; PARAMETRIC PROCESS; QUASI-PHASE-MATCHED LINBO3; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

LITHIUM NIOBATE;

EID: 33747235413     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.876150     Document Type: Article

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