• DocumentCode
    794710
  • 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
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    5/25/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    910
  • Lastpage
    911
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19950592
  • Filename
    390909