Theoretic and numerical analysis of nonlinear optical loop mirrors compressing optical pulses

Author

Liqun, Huang ; Wei, Jian ; Yandong, Gong ; Daoping, Wei ; Shuisheng, Jian

Author_Institution

Inst. of Lightwave Technol., Northern Jiaotong Univ., Beijing, China

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

18-22 Oct. 1999

Firstpage

1387

Abstract

The fundamental principle of a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) is expatriated, the characteristics of the NOLM is studied. Firstly, we find that NOLM has a function of compressing optical pulse width, self-phase modulation (SPM) in NOLMs is a crucial reason. Because the optical Kerr effect is instantaneous (2/spl sim/4 fs), this function of the NOLM is potentially applicable for high-speed optical fiber transmission systems.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; mirrors; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre theory; optical pulse compression; self-phase modulation; 2 to 4 fs; fundamental principle; high-speed optical fiber transmission system; nonlinear optical loop mirror; nonlinear optical loop mirrors; optical Kerr effect; optical pulse compression; optical pulses; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Kerr effect; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Numerical analysis; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Pulse width modulation; Scanning probe microscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCC.1999.820529

Filename

820529