Title :
Optically Controlled 2x2 Exchange/Bypass Switch with 0.8 m of Bismuth Oxide Nonlinear Fibre
Author :
Zouraraki, O. ; Bakopoulos, P. ; Vyrsokinos, K. ; Avramopoulos, H.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Communications Research Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Zographou, GR 15773, Athens, Greece, e-mail: ozour@mail.ntua.gr
Abstract :
We demonstrate an all-optical 2x2 switch using 0.8 m of Bismuth Oxide fibre. Error-free operation is obtained with less than 1.06 dB BER power penalty at both output ports.
Keywords :
Bismuth; Bit error rate; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical network units; Optical switches; Power semiconductor switches; Pulse modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801141
