Spatial ultrafast switching and frequency conversion in lithium niobate waveguide arrays
- 15 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 30 (2) , 177-179
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.30.000177
Abstract
We demonstrate phase-insensitive, ultrafast, all-optical spatial switching and frequency conversion in quadratically nonlinear waveguide arrays in periodically poled lithium niobate. Routing of milliwatt signals with wavelengths in the communication band (1550 nm) is achieved without pulse distortions by parametric interaction with a control beam with 10-W power and wavelengths near 775 nm.Keywords
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