Title :
Efficient and ultrafast all-optical switching using high Delta n, small core chalcogenide glass fibre
Author :
Asobe, M. ; Itoh, Hayato ; Miyazawa, Takaya ; Kanamori, Toshiyuki
Author_Institution :
NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Low-power and ultrafast all-optical switching using a high Delta n small-core As2S3-based singlemode glass fibre is reported. Manipulation of a 100 GHz signal pulse train is possible by exploiting the laser-diode-driven all-optical switch.
Keywords :
arsenic compounds; chalcogenide glasses; glass fibres; high-speed optical techniques; optical Kerr effect; optical fibres; optical switches; 1.536 mum; 100 GHz signal pulse train manipulation; As 2S 3; As 2S 3-based singlemode glass fibre; Kerr shutter experiment; laser-diode-driven all-optical switch; low-power switching; multiplexed signal pulses; nonlinear optical waveguides; small core chalcogenide glass fibre; ultrafast all-optical switching;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931309
