Wavelength-selective photonic switching in paraelectric potassium lithium tantalate niobate

Aharon J. Agranat, Lavi Secundo, Noam Golshani, Meir Razvag

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Abstract

A generic wavelength-selective switching method is presented. The method is based on the voltage-controlled photorefractive effect in paraelectric crystals. The switch consists of a crystal at the paraelectric phase in which a space charge grating was stored by a photorefractive process. Diffraction occurs by the application of a uniform electric field that causes the space charge grating to induce an index grating. Results of the diffraction efficiency as a function of the applied field and the time dependence of the diffracted beam are presented. The performance envelop of a switch based on this effect is briefly discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)195-197
Number of pages3
JournalOptical Materials
Volume18
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2001

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant from the Ministry of Science of the State of Israel, and in part by the Israel Science Foundation founded by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Keywords

  • Optical switching
  • Photorefractive effect
  • Volume holography

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