Coherent interactions for all-optical signal processing via quadratic nonlinearities

Author

Assanto, Gaetano ; Stegeman, George I. ; Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor ; VanStryland, Eric

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Terza Univ., Rome, Italy

Volume

31

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

4/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

673

Lastpage

681

Abstract

Based on processes involving the cascading of two successive second-order nonlinear interactions, we show how novel, all-optical approaches to signal processing can be exploited by coherent interactions between three waves in noncentrosymmetric materials. Specifically, we emphasize the coherent seeding of the second-harmonic generation process with waves at one of the participating frequencies

Keywords

light coherence; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical harmonic generation; optical information processing; optical materials; all-optical approaches; all-optical signal processing; coherent interactions; coherent seeding; noncentrosymmetric materials; quadratic nonlinearities; second-harmonic generation process; second-order nonlinear interactions; signal processing; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical materials; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical signal processing; Signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.371942

Filename

371942