TRANSISTOR ACTION THROUGH NONLINEAR CASCADING IN TYPE-II INTERACTIONS

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作者
ASSANTO, G
机构
[1] Department of Electronic Engineering, Terza University of Rome, Rome, 00184
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10.1364/OL.20.001595
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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Based on cascading through Type II second-harmonic generation, I show how all-optical amplitude modulation and switching can be obtained by utilizing an input wave at the fundamental frequency with unequal orthogonal spatial components. The proposed all-optical transistor/switch is insensitive to the inputs' relative phase, representing a step forward with respect to previously suggested configurations for transparent photonic networks. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America.
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