• DocumentCode
    2025068
  • Title

    All-optical ultra-fast 3R repeaters using cascaded second-order nonlinear effect in quasi-phase matched lithium niobate devices

  • Author

    Fukuchi, Yutaka ; Akaike, Masami ; Maeda, Joji

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tokyo Univ. of Sci., Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2004
  • Firstpage
    977
  • Abstract
    We numerically show that the quasi-phase matched lithium niobate device employing the cascaded second-order nonlinearity has a limiter characteristic. This feature is induced by the large group-velocity mismatch between the fundamental and second harmonic pulses.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; optical limiters; optical phase matching; optical repeaters; optical waveguides; all-optical ultrafast 3R repeaters; cascaded second-order nonlinear effect; group-velocity mismatch; limiter characteristic; quasiphase matched lithium niobate devices; Clocks; Design for manufacture; Fluctuations; Lithium niobate; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Repeaters; Timing jitter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8557-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363573
  • Filename
    1363573