All-Optical Switching In Lithium Niobate Directional Couplers With Cascaded Nonlinearity

    Authors

    R. Schiek; Y. Baek; G. Krijnen; G. I. Stegeman; I. Baumann;W. Sohler

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    Optics

    Abstract

    We report on intensity-dependent snitching in Lithium niobate directional couplers. Large nonlinear phase shifts that are due to cascading detune the coupling between the coupler branches, which makes all-optical snitching possible. Depending on the input intensity, the output could be switched between the cross and the bar coupler branches with a switching ratio of 1:5 and a throughput of 80%. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    21

    Issue/Number

    13

    Publication Date

    1-1-1996

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    940

    Last Page

    942

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1996UU28400010

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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