Journal of the Optical Society of America B

Interchannel cross talk caused by pump depletion in periodically poled LiNbO_3 waveguide wavelength converters

Roey Harel, W. H. Burkett, Gadi Lenz, Ed E. Chaban, Krishnan R. Parameswaran, M. M. Fejer, Igal Brener

Published Apr 1, 2002• 6 citations

Abstract

We study experimentally and theoretically the limits of multichannel parametric wavelength conversion imposed by pump depletion in periodically poled LiNbO3 waveguides. As many as 55 channels with 6 dBm of power each can be converted simultaneously with less than a 10-9 error rate by use of 20 dBm of pump power.

DOI: 10.1364/josab.19.000849

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