title: Tunable all-optical wavelength broadcasting in a PPLN with multiple QPM peaks.
abstract: We experimentally demonstrate tunable multiple-idler wavelength broadcasting of a signal to selective channels for wavelength division multiplexing (WDM). This is based on cascaded χ(2) nonlinear mixing process in a novel multiple-QPM 10-mm-long periodically poled LiNbO3 having an aperiodic domain in the center. The idlers' spacing is varied utilizing detuning of the pump wavelength within the SHG bandwidth. The temperature-assisted tuning of QPM pump wavelengths allows shifting the idlers together to different set of WDM channels. Our experimental results indicate that an overall idler wavelength shift of less than 10 nm realized by selecting pump wavelengths via temperature tuning, is sufficient to cover up to 40 WDM channels for multiple idlers broadcasting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering Physics, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. meenu.meenu@polymtl.ca
authors.forename: Meenu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahlawat
authors.forename: Amirhossein
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tehranchi
authors.forename: Krishnamoorthy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pandiyan
authors.forename: Myoungsik
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Raman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kashyap
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*