Flexible wavelength conversion via cascaded second order nonlinearity using broadband SHG in MgO-doped PPLN

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 6957-6962

  Zhang, Junfeng ^a   Chen, Yuping ^a   Lu, Feng ^a   Chen, Xianfeng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; HARMONIC GENERATION; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

INPUT SIGNALS; PUMP WAVELENGTH; WAVELENGTH BROADCASTING;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 43849088177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.006957     Document Type: Article

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