• DocumentCode
    1317972
  • Title

    Very low threshold Sagnac switch incorporating an erbium doped fibre amplifier

  • Author

    Richardson, D.J. ; Laming, R.I. ; Payne, David N.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    1990
  • Firstpage
    1779
  • Lastpage
    1781
  • Abstract
    Fast, very low threshold optical pulse switching, in a nonlinear loop mirror incorporating an erbium doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) operating at 1.536 mu m with a gain of 46 dB is reported. For a 336 m Sagnac loop the input switching power is 200 mu W, which is 5*103 lower than the best previously reported.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; light interferometers; mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical switches; 1.536 micron; 200 muW; 46 dB; EDFA; Er doped fibre amplifier; Sagnac loop; Sagnac switch; input switching power; nonlinear loop mirror; very low threshold optical pulse switching;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19901142
  • Filename
    83109
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1317972