All-optical integrated Mach-Zehnder switching due to cascaded nonlinearities

被引：32
作者：
Baek, Y
Schiek, R
Stegeman, GI
Krijnen, G
Baumann, I
Sohler, W
机构：
[1] UNIV TWENTE,MESA RES INST,7500 AE ENSCHEDE,NETHERLANDS
[2] UNIV GESAMTHSCH PADERBORN,ANGEW PHYS,D-33098 PADERBORN,GERMANY
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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 1996年 / 68卷 / 15期
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D O I：
10.1063/1.116301
中图分类号：
O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要：
We demonstrate all-optical switching using the cascaded second order nonlinearity in a fully integrated, asymmetric Mach Zehnder interferometer implemented in lithium niobate channel waveguides. We obtained an 8:1 switching ratio. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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