• DocumentCode
    2473187
  • Title

    Optical switching with nonlinear optical loop mirror using nonlinear birefringence effect

  • Author

    Rhy, Hee Yeal ; Kim, Byoung Yoon ; Lee, Hai-Woong

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    3-4 Dec 1998
  • Firstpage
    305
  • Abstract
    We show that our scheme, which should formally employ a nearly isotropic fiber for a loop, can also have a switching action alternatively with birefringence fiber for the loop and therefore be more practical in an experiment. The device consists of a symmetric coupler, a birefringence fiber loop, and a set of asymmetrically located polarization retarders
  • Keywords
    birefringence; mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical fibre polarisation; optical switches; asymmetrically located polarization retarders; birefringence fiber; birefringence fiber loop; nearly isotropic fiber; nonlinear birefringence effect; nonlinear optical loop mirror; optical switching; switching action; symmetric coupler; Birefringence; Fiber nonlinear optics; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Optical retarders; Optical solitons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Orlando, FL
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4947-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.1998.739618
  • Filename
    739618