Channel-selective wavelength conversion and tuning in periodically poled Ti:LiNbO3 waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2649-2655

  Lee, Yeung Lak ^a   Jung, Changsoo ^a   Noh, Young Chul ^a   Park, Mahn Yong ^a   Byeon, Clare C ^a   Ko, Do Kyeong ^a   Lee, Jongmin ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER TUNING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LITHIUM NIOBATE; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; TITANIUM; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY GENERATION (DFG); NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICES; PHASE MATCHING; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 4644248659     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.002649     Document Type: Article

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