ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING IN A HYBRID MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER AS A RESULT OF CASCADED 2ND-ORDER NONLINEARITY

Authors
BAEK Y SCHIEK R STEGEMAN GI
Citation
Y. Baek et al., ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING IN A HYBRID MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER AS A RESULT OF CASCADED 2ND-ORDER NONLINEARITY, Optics letters, 20(21), 1995, pp. 2168-2170
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
21
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2168 - 2170
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:21<2168:ASIAHM>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, all-optical switc hing with a contrast ratio of 7:1 based on the cascaded second-order n onlinearity. We performed the switching experiments in a nonlinear hyb rid Mach-Zehnder interferometer, using a nonuniformly temperature-tune d lithium niobate channel waveguide in an operating regime of small fu ndamental depletion. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America