Title :
High nonlinearity, low loss fiber for 1 pJ switching of 8-ps optical pulses
Author :
Pastel, D.A. ; Evans, A.F. ; Hawk, R.M. ; Nolan, D.A. ; Weidman, D.L. ; Dasika, P. ; Jiang, M. ; Islam, M.N. ; Moodie, D.G.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Sci. & Technol., Corning Inc., NY, USA
Abstract :
The nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) configuration is shown. It consists of a central 50/50 achromatic fiber coupler for data input/output, two WDM Mach-Zehnder fiber couplers for add/drop of the control pulses and 2 km of the highly nonlinear fibre
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 pJ; 2 km; 50/50 achromatic fiber coupler; 8 ps; WDM Mach-Zehnder fiber couplers; add/drop; control pulses; high nonlinearity low loss fiber; highly nonlinear fibre; nonlinear optical loop mirror; pJ switching; ps optical pulses; Fiber nonlinear optics; Mirrors; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-480-7
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1997.719790
