Experimental demonstration of wavelength conversion between ps-pulses based on cascaded sum- and difference frequency generation (SFG plus DFG) in LiNbO3 waveguides

All-optical wavelength conversion between ps-pulses based on cascaded sum- and difference frequency generation (SFG + DFG) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated in periodically poled LiNbO3 (PPLN) waveguides. The signal pulse with 40-GHz repetition rate and 1.57-ps pulse width is adopted. The converted idler wavelength can be tuned from 1527.4 to 1540.5nm as the signal wavelength is varied from 1561.9 to 1548.4nm. No obvious changes of the pulse shape and width, also no chirp are observed in the converted idler pulse. The results imply that single-to-multiple channel wavelength conversions can be achieved by appropriately tuning the two pump wavelengths. (c) 2005 Optical Society of America.