• DocumentCode
    1193619
  • Title

    Dispersion-shifted LiNbO3 waveguides for wide-band parametric amplifiers

  • Author

    Rabiei, Payam ; Günter, Peter

  • Author_Institution
    Nonlinear Opt. Lab., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    133
  • Lastpage
    135
  • Abstract
    A method for improving parametric amplifier gain bandwidth is introduced and analyzed. It is shown that it is possible to make chromatic dispersion equal to zero in a large index contrast waveguide of LiNbO3 by adjusting the cladding refractive index. Hence, the phase matching for parametric amplification can be achieved over a very large wavelength range. A practical method for the fabrication of the proposed amplifier is introduced. The proposed amplifier can achieve an order of magnitude improvement in gain bandwidth, pumping power, and size.
  • Keywords
    claddings; lithium compounds; optical dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical phase matching; optical waveguides; refractive index; LiNbO3; chromatic dispersion; cladding refractive index; dispersion-shifted LiNbO3 waveguides; phase matching; wide-band parametric amplifiers; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Stimulated emission; Integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optical fiber dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical planar waveguide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2004.836903
  • Filename
    1372607
    • Link To Document
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