Title :
Low-power all-optical switches based on active nonlinear interferometers
Author :
Li, Chunfei ; Dou, Na ; Xin, Li ; Fang, Guangyu ; Wang, Fei
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin
Abstract :
We review low-power all-optical switches based on active interferometers proposed by us, such as double-coupler ring resonator, ring-coupled M-Z interferometer, and Sagnac interferometer, in which an EDFA is contained in the ring or the coupler.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Sagnac interferometers; erbium; nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre couplers; optical resonators; optical switches; EDFA; JkJk:Er; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Sagnac interferometer; active interferometers; all-optical switches; double-coupler ring resonator; fiber switches; low-power switches; nonlinear interferometers; ring-coupled interferometer; Communication switching; Delay; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical coupling; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical ring resonators; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Sagnac interferometers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391681
