Space and/or polarization diversity multiplexing with type II second-harmonic generation

Author

Capobianco, A.D. ; Costantini, B. ; De Angelis, C. ; Laureti-Palma, A. ; Nalesso, G.F.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica e Inf., Padova Univ., Italy

Volume

9

Issue

5

fYear

1997

fDate

5/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

602

Lastpage

604

Abstract

We describe the interplay among solitary waves steering and polarization switching in a KTiOPO/sub 4/ crystal with type II second-harmonic generation in the presence of walkoff. We show that this nonlinear interaction could be used in addressing a space and/or polarization diversity device, driven by the input polarization state.

Keywords

multiplexing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical solitons; photonic switching systems; potassium compounds; KTiOPO/sub 4/; KTiOPO/sub 4/ crystal; input polarization state; multiplexing equipment; nonlinear interaction; optical communications equipment; polarization diversity multiplexing; polarization switching; solitary waves; space multiplexing; type II second-harmonic generation; walkoff; Communication switching; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical signal processing; Optical solitons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.588140

Filename

588140