• DocumentCode
    1102196
  • Title

    Low power all-optical switching in a nonlinear optical loop mirror using chalcogenide glass fibre

  • Author

    Asobe, M. ; Ohara, T. ; Yokohama, I. ; Kaino, T.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    15
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    7/18/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1396
  • Lastpage
    1397
  • Abstract
    All-optical switching is demonstrated using a nonlinear loop mirror containing a low loss As2S3 based fibre module. The gate power is reduced to as little as 0.4 W (peak) using a 4 m long As2S3 fibre. Demultiplexing of a 40 GHz pulse train to 4 GHz is demonstrated
  • Keywords
    arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; demultiplexing equipment; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical switches; 0.4 W; 4 m; 40 GHz; As2S3; all-optical switching; chalcogenide glass fibre; demultiplexing; gate power; low loss fibre module; nonlinear optical loop mirror; optical fibre communication; pulse train;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19960910
  • Filename
    511142
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1102196