Title :
All-optical integrated Mach-Zehnder switching in lithium niobate waveguides due to cascaded nonlinearities
Author :
Baek, Yonghyun ; Schiek, Roland ; Krijnen, G. ; Stegeman, G.I. ; Baumann, Ingo ; Sohler, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
Center for Res. & Educ. in Opt. & Lasers, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In conclusion, we demonstrated for the first time, to our knowledge, the integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometers switching due to the cascaded second-order nonlinearities with a switching ratio of 8:1.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical switches; integrated optics; lithium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical bistability; optical waveguides; LiNbO/sub 3/; all-optical integrated Mach-Zehnder switching; cascaded nonlinearities; cascaded second-order nonlinearities; integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer switching; lithium niobate waveguides; switching ratio; Arm; Frequency conversion; Image processing; Lithium niobate; Optical interferometry; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Ovens; Phase shifting interferometry; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-443-2
