High-speed transparent switch via frequency upconversion

doi:10.1364/OE.15.004677

High-speed transparent switch via frequency upconversion

Aaron P. VanDevender and Paul G. Kwiat »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 8, pp. 4677-4683 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.004677

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Abstract

We demonstrate a novel all-optical switch based on frequency upconversion. The switch features advantages for telecommunications: it is fast, transparent, frequency-multi-plexable and bias-free.

OCIS Codes
(190.4360) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, devices
(230.4110) Optical devices : Modulators

ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: December 11, 2006
Revised Manuscript: March 23, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: March 28, 2007
Published: April 3, 2007

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Aaron P. VanDevender and Paul G. Kwiat, "High-speed transparent switch via frequency upconversion," Opt. Express 15, 4677-4683 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-8-4677

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