Title :
Characteristics of all-optical ultra-fast decision gate circuits using cascaded second-order nonlinear effect in quasi-phase matched lithium niobate devices
Author :
Fukuchi, Yutaka ; Kachita, Yoshito ; Akaike, Masami ; Maeda, Joji
Author_Institution :
Tokyo University of Science, Japan fukuchi@ee.kagu.tus.ac.jp
Abstract :
We numerically analyze level discriminating characteristics of all-optical gate switches employing the cascaded second-order nonlinearity in quasi-phase matched lithium niobate devices. By using such decision gate circuits, ultra-fast 3R operation beyond 100Gbps can be expected.
Keywords :
Circuits; Clocks; Lithium niobate; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Pulse amplifiers; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569730
