Title :
Bidirectional wavelength conversion between 1.3- and 1.5-/spl mu/m telecommunication bands using difference frequency mixing in LiNbO/sub 3/ waveguides with integrated coupling structures
Author :
Chou, M.H. ; Parameswaran, K.R. ; Arbore, M.A. ; Hauden, Jerome ; Fejer, M.M.
Author_Institution :
Edward L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We demonstrate static, bidirectional, and efficient (9-dB conversion loss) wavelength conversion between the 1.3 /spl mu/m and the 1.5 /spl mu/m telecommunications bands using periodically poled LiNbO/sub 3/ waveguides containing integrated devices. With improved waveguide uniformity and reduced propagation losses, a 0-dB wavelength conversion loss should be accessible using a diode laser pump.
Keywords :
dielectric polarisation; lithium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical frequency conversion; optical losses; optical materials; optical pumping; optical waveguides; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.3 mum; 1.5 mum; 9 dB; LiNbO/sub 3/; LiNbO/sub 3/ waveguides; bidirectional; bidirectional wavelength conversion; conversion loss; difference frequency mixing; diode laser pump; integrated coupling structures; integrated devices; periodically poled LiNbO/sub 3/ waveguides; reduced propagation losses; telecommunication bands; telecommunications bands; waveguide uniformity; wavelength conversion; wavelength conversion loss; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-339-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1998.676516
