Title :
Sinusoidally chirped optical superlattices for flat broadband wavelength conversion
Author :
Gao, Shiming ; Yang, Changxi ; Jin, Guofan
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Precision Meas. Technol. & Instrum., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We report on the enhancement of the bandwidth and the response flatness of wavelength conversion through cascaded second-order nonlinear processes in sinusoidally chirped optical superlattice (SCOS) lithium niobate crystal.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; lithium compounds; niobium compounds; optical materials; optical multilayers; optical wavelength conversion; superlattices; wavelength division multiplexing; LiNbO3; bandwidth enhancement; cascaded second-order nonlinear process; flat broadband wavelength conversion; lithium niobate crystal; sinusoidally chirped optical superlattice; Bandwidth; Chirp; Gratings; Laboratories; Lithium niobate; Optical superlattices; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274511
