Title :
All optical on-off switching using bismuth-based highly nonlinear fiber
Author :
Qureshi, K.K. ; Tam, H.Y. ; Chung, W.H. ; Wai, P.K.A. ; Sugimoto, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong
Abstract :
We have demonstrated all-optical on-off switching at 10 Gbit/s using four-wave mixing in only 1.9 m of bismuth-based highly nonlinear fiber. The all-optical on-off switch has a fast response time and high ON/OFF switching ratio.
Keywords :
bismuth; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical switches; JkJk:Bi; all-optical on-off switch; bismuth-based highly nonlinear fiber; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; four-wave mixing; optical network; switching ratio; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber polarization; Optical mixing; Optical packet switching; Propagation losses; Signal generators; Switches; Ultrafast optics; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing; (230.1150) All-optical devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627671
