All-optical switching in lithium niobate directional couplers with cascaded nonlinearity

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

doi:10.1364/OL.21.000940

All-optical switching in lithium niobate directional couplers with cascaded nonlinearity

R. Schiek
, Y. Baek
, Gijsbertus J.M. Krijnen
, G.I. Stegeman
, I. Baumann
, W. Sohler

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Abstract

We report on intensity-dependent switching 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 switching 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%.

Original language	Undefined
Pages (from-to)	940-942
Journal	Optics letters
Volume	21
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.21.000940
Publication status	Published - 1996

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METIS-111532

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