LiNbO/sub 3/ waveguide nonlinear-optic wavelength converters for applications to wideband signal processing

Author

Suhara, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Osaka Univ., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

Recent work of the authors group is reviewed on LiNbO/sub 3/ waveguide quasi-phase matched nonlinear-optic devices for wavelength conversion and ultrafast processing of optical communication signals.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; optical planar waveguides; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM; LiNbO/sub 3/; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; annealed proton-exchanged waveguides; cascaded SHG-DFG; channel waveguide; electron beam direct writing; ferroelectric-domain-inverted gratings; interferometer gate switch; optical communication signals; optical switch; picosecond switching; quasi-phase matched nonlinear-optic devices; squeezed light generation; ultrafast processing; wavelength conversion; wideband signal processing; Electrodes; Gratings; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Polarization; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967740

Filename

967740