• DocumentCode
    795449
  • Title

    Fundamental limits of all-optical NRZ-to-soliton conversion by nonlinear optical loop mirrors

  • Author

    Bigo, S. ; Desurvire, E. ; Leclerc, O.

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis, France
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    6/8/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    994
  • Lastpage
    995
  • Abstract
    All-optical NRZ-to-RZ conversion through nonlinear optical loop mirrors (NOLM) is analysed. By computing the time-bandwidth output characteristics, we investigate the dependence of the NOLM switching power and control envelope on the chirp of the switched RZ pulses. The effect of this chirp on further propagation in the soliton regime and related continuum generation is then analysed by an inverse-scattering transform
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical solitons; optical switches; NOLM; all-optical NRZ-to-RZ conversion; chirp; continuum generation; control envelope; inverse-scattering; nonlinear optical loop mirrors; pulses; solitons; switching power; time-bandwidth output characteristics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19950664
  • Filename
    390977
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=795449