• DocumentCode
    283631
  • Title

    Ultrafast two-moded interferometric switch

  • Author

    Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H. ; Travis, A.R.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    32464
  • Firstpage
    42644
  • Lastpage
    42647
  • Abstract
    A single fibre, two-moded interferometer is described. A nonlinear switch based on this interferometer is demonstrated in which a probe signal from an argon ion laser is modulated by a dye laser pump signal which induces a change in refractive index through the optical Kerr effect. A power-length (PL) product for 100% modulation of the probe of 380 Wm has been measured
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; light interferometers; optical Kerr effect; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical switches; refractive index; Ar+; argon ion laser; dye laser; nonlinear switch; optical Kerr effect; power-length product; refractive index; two-moded interferometer; ultrafast switch;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optics in Computing, IEE Colloquium on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    209685
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=283631