• DocumentCode
    421670
  • Title

    Investigation and solution for undesirable counter-propagating effects in nonlinear optical loop mirrors

  • Author

    Scaffardi, Mirro ; Ghelfi, Paolo ; Bogoni, Antonella ; Poti, Luca

  • Author_Institution
    Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    Undesirable SPM (self-phase modulation) and XPM (cross-phase modulation) between counter-propagating lights in NOLMs (nonlinear optical loop mirror) are investigated. A solution to overcome these impairments is also proposed and experimentally validated.
  • Keywords
    mirrors; optical fibres; self-phase modulation; NOLM; SPM; XPM; counter-propagating effects; cross-phase modulation; nonlinear optical loop mirrors; self-phase modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1360867