Performance evaluation of tunable channel-selective wavelength shift by cascaded sum- and difference-frequency generation in periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 710-718

  Gao, Shiming ^a   Yang, Changxi ^a   Xiao, Xiaosheng ^a   Tian, Yu ^a   You, Zheng ^a   Jin, Guofan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cascaded sum and difference frequency generation; Periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN); Quasi phase matching (QPM); Wavelength shift; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE MATCHING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CASCADED SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATION; DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY GENERATION; PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM NIOBATE (PPLN); QUASI-PHASE MATHING; TUNABLE CHANNEL-SELECTIVE WAVELENGTH SHIFT;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY);

EID: 34247092101     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.889698     Document Type: Article

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