Optics Letters

All-optical processing by means of vectorial interactions in second-order cascading: novel approaches

Gaetano Assanto, S. Trillo, Irina Torelli

Published Nov 1, 1994• 49 citations

Abstract

Based on the tensorial nature of second-order nonlinear susceptibilities, we show how two orthogonal field components at frequency omega can interact by means of the generated second harmonic, with a resulting coherent control of one onto the other. All-optical transistor operation and polarization switching are among the signal functions that can be implemented in properly oriented crystals.

DOI: 10.1364/ol.19.001720

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