Title :
All-optical ultra-fast 3R repeaters using cascaded second-order nonlinear effect in quasi-phase matched lithium niobate devices
Author :
Fukuchi, Yutaka ; Akaike, Masami ; Maeda, Joji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tokyo Univ. of Sci., Japan
Abstract :
We numerically show that the quasi-phase matched lithium niobate device employing the cascaded second-order nonlinearity has a limiter characteristic. This feature is induced by the large group-velocity mismatch between the fundamental and second harmonic pulses.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; lithium compounds; optical limiters; optical phase matching; optical repeaters; optical waveguides; all-optical ultrafast 3R repeaters; cascaded second-order nonlinear effect; group-velocity mismatch; limiter characteristic; quasiphase matched lithium niobate devices; Clocks; Design for manufacture; Fluctuations; Lithium niobate; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Repeaters; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363573
