• DocumentCode
    1182466
  • Title

    Cascading nonlinearities in KTP waveguides at communications wavelengths

  • Author

    Sundheimer, Michael L. ; Villeneuve, A. ; Stegeman, G.I. ; Bierlein, J.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    17
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    8/18/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1400
  • Lastpage
    1401
  • Abstract
    Self-phase modulation due to the cascading of second-order nonlinearities is reported in segmented KTP channel waveguides in the communications band at 1587 nm. Peak nonlinear phase shifts are ~π/2
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optical modulation; optical waveguides; potassium compounds; titanium compounds; 1587 nm; KTP; KTiOPO4; cascading; communications wavelengths; nonlinear phase shifts; second-order nonlinearities; segmented KTP channel waveguides; self-phase modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940966
  • Filename
    326319