Quadratic cascading in counterpropagating parametric amplifiers

Author

Gallo, Katia ; Baldi, Pierre ; De Micheli, Marc ; Ostrowsky, D.B. ; Assanto, Gaetano

Author_Institution

Lab. de Phys. de la Matiere Condensee, Nice Univ., France

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given. We propose a novel scheme for all-optical processing low-power signals at /spl sim/1.55 /spl mu/m via a high power counter-propagating pump wave at /spl sim/800 nm, based on quadratic cascading effects in a counter-propagating optical parametric amplifier. Co-propagating with the pump, is assumed to occur in a QPM LiNbO/sub 3/ soft-proton-exchanged (SPE) channel waveguide.

Keywords

ion exchange; optical bistability; optical parametric amplifiers; optical phase matching; optical pumping; optical waveguides; 1.55 mum; LiNbO/sub 3/; LiNbO/sub 3/ soft-proton-exchanged channel waveguide; all-optical signal processing; counter-propagating optical parametric amplifier; counterpropagating parametric amplifiers; high power counter-propagating pump wave; low-power signals; quadratic cascading; quadratic cascading effects; quasi phase matching; High power amplifiers; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Physics; Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal processing; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6319-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2000.910360

Filename

910360