Title :
All-optical retiming switches using the quasi-phase matched cascaded second-order nonlinear effect
Author :
Osawa, Yusuke ; Nagashima, Fumihiro ; Fukuchi, Yutaka
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tokyo Univ. of Sci., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We analyze characteristics of all-optical retiming switches employing the cascaded second-order nonlinear effect in periodically poled lithium niobate. Timing-jitter transfer characteristics can be improved by applying a time offset between the signal and clock pulses.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical phase matching; optical switches; timing jitter; all-optical retiming switches; clock pulses; quasi-phase matched cascaded second-order nonlinear effect; signal pulses; time offset; timing-jitter transfer characteristics; Bit rate; Clocks; Crosstalk; Fluctuations; Optical switches; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276757
