An all-optical switching based on resonance breaking with a transient grating

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 3470-3477

  Akin, Osman ^a   Dinleyici, Mehmet Salih ^a  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Four wave mixing (FWM); nonlinear optics; optical Kerr effect; optical switches; transient gratings

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; ALL-OPTICAL NETWORKS; ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; COMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS; COUPLED-MODE THEORY; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HIGHER ORDER; IN-FIBER; LASER BEAM INTENSITY; PROPAGATING MODE; THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR SUSCEPTIBILITY; TRANSIENT GRATING; TRANSIENT GRATINGS; TUNING PARAMETER; WAVEGUIDE MODE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESONANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 78649799859     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2089599     Document Type: Article

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