Title :
All-Optical Switching by Optical Fiber Grating Coupler
Author :
Sasaki, Y. ; Mineo, H. ; Yokota, H. ; Shiojiri, Y. ; Kanbe, H.
Author_Institution :
Faculty of Engineering, Ibaraki University, Hitachi, Ibaraki 316-8511, Japan, Tel&Fax: +81-294-38-5185, E-mail: sasaki,@ipc.ibaraki.ac.jp
Abstract :
An all-optical switching using Kerr nonlinearity in an optical fiber grating coupler (FGC) has been proposed and experimentally investigated at 1.55 μm. The FGC consists of an optical fiber coupler in whose tapered region a Bragg grating is written. The fundamental operation of the all-optical switching by the FGC was observed using a Ti-sapphire pulse laser at 780 nm, as a high power pump.
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
