DocumentCode
3179266
Title
Spatial switching and spatial steering of quadratic solitons in a PPLN film waveguide with short pulse duration
Author
Pioger, Paul-Henri ; Couderc, Vincent ; Barthélémy, Alain ; Baronio, F. ; De Angelis, Costantino ; Min, Yoohong ; Quiring, Viktor ; Sohler, Wolfgang
Author_Institution
IRCOM, Limoges Univ., France
fYear
2003
fDate
22-27 June 2003
Firstpage
550
Abstract
We experimentally and numerically investigated spatial switching and steering of a soliton beam in periodically poled LiNbO3 (PPLN) film waveguides. We demonstrated the operation of an ultra-fast spatial switch based on the non collinear excitation at a repetition rate of 125 Gbit/s.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; niobium compounds; optical films; optical solitons; optical switches; optical waveguides; photoexcitation; 125 Gbit/s; LiNbO3; non collinear excitation; periodically poled LiNbO3 film waveguide; pulse duration; quadratic solitons; repetition rate; spatial steering; spatial switching; ultra-fast spatial switch; Interference; Laser beams; Numerical simulation; Optical films; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Packet switching; Solitons; Switches; Temperature;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7734-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1313612
Filename
1313612
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