• DocumentCode
    733083
  • Title

    Parity-time anti-symmetric parametric amplifier

  • Author

    Antonosyan, Diana A. ; Solntsev, Alexander S. ; Sukhorukov, Andrey A.

  • Author_Institution
    Nonlinear Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We predict that directional coupler of quadratically nonlinear and lossy waveguides can perform ultrafast signal switching and parametric amplification, using the pump-controlled breaking of the parity-time anti-symmetry associated with nonlinear wave mixing.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical directional couplers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical waveguides; directional coupler; lossy waveguides; nonlinear wave mixing; parametric amplification; parity-time anti-symmetric parametric amplifier; pump-controlled breaking; quadratically nonlinear waveguides; ultrafast signal switching; Optical losses; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183520