Highly efficient wavelength converter for photonic network

Author

Usui, Yusuke ; Okubo, Toru ; Nakajima, Hirochika ; Motoya, Masayuki ; Kurimura, Sunao ; Yamamoto, Futoshi ; Ichikawa, Junichiro

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Phys., Waseda Univ., Tokyo

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Efficient wavelength converter was demonstrated in low-loss adhered ridge waveguide fabricated by dry etching in periodically poled Mg:LN. We obtained highest SHG efficiency of 4500 %/W in telecom band for 32 mm interaction length.

Keywords

etching; lithium compounds; magnesium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical harmonic generation; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; ridge waveguides; LiNbO₃:Mg; SHG efficiency; dry etching; efficiency 4500 percent; photonic network; ridge waveguide; size 32 nm; wavelength converter; Diode lasers; Dry etching; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Physics; Resists; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength measurement; (190.4360) Nonlinear optics, devices; (220.4000) Microstructure fabrication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628139

Filename

4628139