Title :
Flattop broadband wavelength converters based on double-pass cascaded SFG + DFG in quasi-phase matched waveguides
Author :
Tehranchi, Amirhossein ; Kashyap, Raman
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
Wavelength converters based on double-pass quasi-phase matched cascaded sum and difference frequency generation in lossy lithium niobate waveguides with a large pump wavelength difference are numerically evaluated assuming pump wavelength detuning to flatten the response.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical pumping; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; LiNbO3; difference frequency generation; double-pass cascade; flattop broadband wavelength converters; lossy lithium niobate waveguides; pump wavelength detuning; quasiphase matched waveguides; Bandwidth; Frequency conversion; Laboratories; Lithium niobate; Optical losses; Photonics; Physics; Waveguide theory; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength converters;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343072
