• DocumentCode
    970597
  • 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
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    22
  • fYear
    1993
  • Firstpage
    1966
  • Lastpage
    1968
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19931309
  • Filename
    244614