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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
