Analysis of in-line soliton control through two-wavelength nonlinear loop mirror amplitude/phase modulator

Author

Bigo, S. ; Audouin, O. ; Desurvire, E.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis, France

fYear

1996

fDate

25 Feb.-1 March 1996

Firstpage

235

Lastpage

236

Abstract

Summary form only given. Active soliton control is demonstrated. Here, we propose for modulators two-wavelength nonlinear optical loop mirrors (NOLMs) driven by an optical sinusoidal clock. Apart from being polarization-independent, NOLMs exhibit terahertz speed potential. The performance of 20 Gbits/s soliton link with periodical NOLM regenerators is evaluated through numerical integration of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation.

Keywords

Schrodinger equation; amplitude modulation; clocks; integration; mirrors; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical solitons; phase modulation; 20 Gbit/s; Gbits/s soliton link; active soliton control; amplitude modulator; in-line soliton control; nonlinear Schrodinger equation; numerical integration; optical sinusoidal clock; periodical NOLM regenerators; phase modulator; polarization-independent; terahertz speed potential; two-wavelength nonlinear loop mirror; two-wavelength nonlinear optical loop mirrors; Acoustic pulses; Acoustic waves; Bit rate; Error correction codes; Mirrors; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Solitons; Timing jitter; Transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96

Print_ISBN

1-55752-422-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1996.908256

Filename

908256