All-optical diode in a periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide
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- 16 July 2001
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 79 (3) , 314-316
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1386407
Abstract
We have demonstrated a guided-wave all-optical diode based on engineered quasiphase Matching in a channel waveguide. For input peak powers beyond 1.5 W at 1.55 μm, the device exhibited a spatially nonreciprocal response, leading to optical isolation with contrasts as high as 90% at 3.1 W, in agreement with theoretical predictions.
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