Title :
All-optical transistor action by polarisation rotation during type-II phase-matched second harmonic generation
Author :
Lefort, L. ; Barthelemy, A.
Author_Institution :
Fac. des Sci, Inst. de Recherche en commun. Opt. & Microondes, Limoges, France
fDate :
5/25/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Intensity dependent polarisation rotation of the field at the fundamental wavelength in a type-II phase-matched frequency-doubling crystal is used for optical signal amplification. A gain of more than 21 dB was experimentally obtained using KTP for the nonlinear material
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical harmonic generation; optical rotation; potassium compounds; titanium compounds; 21 dB; KTP; KTiOPO4; all-optical transistor action; frequency-doubling crystal; fundamental wavelength; intensity dependent polarisation rotation; nonlinear material; optical gain; optical signal amplification; type-II phase-matched second harmonic generation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950592
