ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING BASED ON NONDEGENERATE PHASE-SHIFTS FROM A CASCADED 2ND-ORDER NONLINEARITY

Authors
HUTCHINGS DC AITCHISON JS IRONSIDE CN
Citation
Dc. Hutchings et al., ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING BASED ON NONDEGENERATE PHASE-SHIFTS FROM A CASCADED 2ND-ORDER NONLINEARITY, Optics letters, 18(10), 1993, pp. 793-795
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
18
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
793 - 795
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1993)18:10<793:ASBONP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
All-optical switching by using a nondegenerate cascaded second-order n onlinearity is described wherein a phase shift is induced at one frequ ency owing to the presence of intense light at a different frequency. A Mach-Zehnder waveguide device is proposed to take advantage of this process and has applications for all-optical switching and demultiplex ing, potentially at power levels near 10 W by using quasi-phase matchi ng in semiconductor waveguides.