Soliton loop mirror demultiplexer with polarization-multiplexed signal and control

Author

Dennis, Michael L. ; Duling, I.N. ; Arend, Mark F.

Author_Institution

US Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

25 Feb.-1 March 1996

Firstpage

236

Lastpage

237

Abstract

Summary form only given. Future time-division multiplexed (TDM) optical communications networks operating at >0.1 Tbit/s will require all-optical demultiplexing techniques. A variety of light-by-light demultiplexers have been proposed and demonstrated, with the most successful based on the all-fiber nonlinear optical loop mirror. In this paper we report a NOLM-based demultiplexer using orthogonally polarized signal and control streams, and operating in the soliton regime.

Keywords

demultiplexing; demultiplexing equipment; mirrors; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibres; optical solitons; time division multiplexing; 1 Tbit/s; NOLM-based demultiplexer; TDM optical communications networks; Tbit/s; all-fiber nonlinear optical loop mirror; all-optical demultiplexing techniques; control streams; light-by-light demultiplexers; orthogonally polarized signal; polarization-multiplexed signal; soliton loop mirror demultiplexer; soliton regime; time-division multiplexed; Clocks; Electrons; Intensity modulation; Mirrors; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Phase modulation; Polarization; Q factor; Solitons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96

Print_ISBN

1-55752-422-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1996.908257

Filename

908257