Title :
All-optical wavelength-/time-selective switching/dropping/swapping for 100-GHz-spaced WDM signals using a periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide
Author :
Jian Wang ; Fu, H.Y. ; Geng, D.Y. ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Wuhan Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
By exploiting sum-frequency generation or cascaded sum- and difference-frequency generation in a periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide, we demonstrate wavelength-/time-selective switching/dropping/swapping. It is shown these operations are applicable for 100-GHz-spaced WDM signals owing to the narrow-band quasi-phase matching condition.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical phase matching; optical waveguides; wavelength division multiplexing; LiNbO3; WDM signals; all-optical wavelength; difference-frequency generation; frequency 100 GHz; narrow-band quasiphase matching; periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide; sum-frequency generation; time-selective switching-dropping-swapping; Educational institutions; Logic gates; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
