All-optical integrated Mach-Zehnder switching due to cascaded nonlinearities

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作者
Baek, Y
Schiek, R
Stegeman, GI
Krijnen, G
Baumann, I
Sohler, W
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[1] UNIV TWENTE,MESA RES INST,7500 AE ENSCHEDE,NETHERLANDS
[2] UNIV GESAMTHSCH PADERBORN,ANGEW PHYS,D-33098 PADERBORN,GERMANY
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10.1063/1.116301
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We demonstrate all-optical switching using the cascaded second order nonlinearity in a fully integrated, asymmetric Mach Zehnder interferometer implemented in lithium niobate channel waveguides. We obtained an 8:1 switching ratio. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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