Title :
Demonstration of optical switch operation of an ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (UNI) with counter-propagating control pulse
Author :
Xingzhong, Chen ; Minyu, Yao ; Minghua, Chen ; Jianfeng, Zhang ; Lei, Xu ; Yizhi, Gao ; Chen, Chih-Hsiao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We present all-optical switch operation of an ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (UNI) with counter-propagating control pulse. The measured extinction ratio for a 2.5 GHz signal is 10 dB. The geometry of the switch can be used as an optical demultiplexer in an OTDM system and high speed optical logic gate.
Keywords :
demultiplexing equipment; high-speed optical techniques; light interferometers; nonlinear optics; optical logic; photonic switching systems; time division multiplexing; 10 dB; 2.5 GHz; OTDM system; all-optical switch operation; counter-propagating control pulse; extinction ratio; high speed optical logic gate; optical demultiplexer; optical switch operation; ultrafast nonlinear interferometer; Geometrical optics; Optical control; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Pulse amplifiers; Refractive index; Telecommunication switching;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
7-5635-0402-8
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.1999.824604
