ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING IN LITHIUM-NIOBATE DIRECTIONAL-COUPLERS WITH CASCADED NONLINEARITY

Authors
SCHIEK R BAEK Y KRIJNEN G STEGEMAN GI BAUMANN I SOHLER W
Citation
R. Schiek et al., ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING IN LITHIUM-NIOBATE DIRECTIONAL-COUPLERS WITH CASCADED NONLINEARITY, Optics letters, 21(13), 1996, pp. 940-942
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
21
Issue
13
Year of publication
1996
Pages
940 - 942
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1996)21:13<940:ASILDW>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We report on intensity-dependent snitching in Lithium niobate directio nal couplers. Large nonlinear phase shifts that are due to cascading d etune the coupling between the coupler branches, which makes all-optic al snitching possible. Depending on the input intensity, the output co uld be switched between the cross and the bar coupler branches with a switching ratio of 1:5 and a throughput of 80%. (C) 1996 Optical Socie ty of America.