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Polarization-insensitive all-optical wavelength conversion of 320 Gb/s RZ-DQPSK signals using a Ti:PPLN waveguide
Polarization-insensitive wavelength conversion of a single channel 320 Gb/s RZ-DQPSK data signal using a Ti:PPLN waveguide in a bi-directional loop configuration with less than 0.5 dB polarization sensitivity ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Mid-Infrared Integrated Optical Parametric Generators and Oscillators with Periodically Poled Ti:LiNbO3 Waveguides
The state of the art of quasi phase matched integrated optical parametric generators and oscillators is reviewed. The core of these devices is a periodically poled Ti:LiNbO3 waveguide of propagation losses dow...
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Efficient cascaded difference frequency conversion in periodically poled Ti:LiNbO3 waveguides using pulsed and cw pum**
Using an FM-mode-locked Ti:Er:LiNbO3 waveguide laser as the fundamental source, wavelength conversion by cascaded χ(2):χ(2)-difference frequency generation with a conversion efficiency of up to +3(-4.6) dB was de...
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Article
Single-frequency Ti:Er:LiNbO3 distributed Bragg reflector waveguide laser with thermally fixed photorefractive cavity
The first single-frequency Ti:Er:LiNbO3 distributed Bragg reflector waveguide laser with two thermally fixed photorefractive gratings as resonator mirrors is reported. The optically pumped (λp=1480 nm,120-mW inci...
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Article
Site-selective spectroscopy of Er3+:Ti:LiNbO3 waveguides
Starting from previous investigations in LiNbO3 bulk crystals, we studied the optical properties of Er3+ ions in Ti:LiNbO3 channel waveguides and investigated the waveguide-specific lattice environment of the Er3...
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Article
Q-switched Ti:Er:LiNbO3 waveguide laser
Q-switched operation of a Ti:Er:LiNbO3 waveguide laser has been achieved with up to 2.4 W pulse peak power (0.18μJ) at 2kHz repetition frequency with an intracavity Mach–Zehnder-type amplitude modulator. A the...
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Article
MeV Ion Implantation of Er into LiNbO3
The incorporation of Er into LiNbO3 is of great interest for fabricating waveguide lasers and amplifiers. We compare Er diffusion data with the results of Er implantation, performed at 3.6 MeV energy. Even after ...
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Chapter
Erbium-Doped LiNbO3 Waveguide Amplifiers and Lasers
This contribution discusses techniques for the fabrication of Er-doped LiNbO3 waveguide devices, the optical properties of Er:LiNbO3, the optical amplification on the basis of a simple mode overlap rate equation ...
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Implantation Do** and Stimulated Emission of Er3+ in LinbO3:Ti Optical Waveguides
We have implanted Nd and Er ions into x- and z-cut LiNbC3 single crystals and investigated the recrystallization of the host and the rare earth solubility and diffusion. The diffusion is substitutional, fastest p...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Optimized Structure of Ti:LiNbO3 Channel Waveguides for Optical Parametric Oscillators
The threshold power of a Ti:LiNbO3 integrated optical parametric oscillator was evaluated as function of the various waveguide parameters to find a structure optimized for strongest nonlinear interaction.
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Chapter
Parametric Amplification and Oscillation
Efficient parametric amplification and oscillation in the optical frequency regime require large pump intensities along a considerable interaction length. Due to the confinement of the optical power within the...
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Chapter
Nonlinear Experiments With Ti Diffused LiNb03 Optical Waveguides
Linear optics is based upon the fundamental relation between the polarization $$\overrightarrow P $$ of a crystal and an applie...