Transparent Nonlinear Optical Devices

M. C. Gabriel

doi:10.1117/12.967532

1 January 1987 Transparent Nonlinear Optical Devices

M. C. Gabriel

Proceedings Volume 0836, Optoelectronic Materials, Devices, Packaging, and Interconnects; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.967532
Event: Cambridge Symposium on Fiber Optics and Integrated Optoelectronics, 1987, Cambridge, MA, United States

Abstract

Proposals in the literature for the development of devices based on ultrafast, nonresonant nonlinearities have concentrated on demonstrating the existence and measuring the size and speed of the physical phenomenon. However, even when an interaction between light pulses can be described in terms of a logic operation, a viable device will not result unless it can be made robust in the system sense. It is necessary to show, for example, that requirements for fanin and fanout, extinction, geometrical and power tolerances, and immunity from thermal effects and linear interference can be satisfied. These and other fundamental device design issues are discussed here for general travelling-wave structures which will be required in systems designed to exploit the speed of nonresonant optical nonlinearities.

Citation Download Citation

M. C. Gabriel "Transparent Nonlinear Optical Devices", Proc. SPIE 0836, Optoelectronic Materials, Devices, Packaging, and Interconnects, (1 January 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.967532

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available