Polarization independent Kerr-switch using a polarization diversity loop

Author

Olsson, Beingt-Erik ; Andrekson, Peter A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microelectron., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

20-24 Sep 1998

Firstpage

185

Abstract

A new polarization independent (<±10.25 dB) non-interferometric switch using the Kerr effect is demonstrated. The scheme has the advantage of using standard dispersion shifted fiber and is insensitive to acoustical disturbances. A new polarization independent switch using the optical Kerr-effect in standard dispersion shifted fiber is demonstrated. The polarization dependence was measured to be less than 0.25 dB and the switch showed error-free operation when demultiplexing data from 40 Gbit/s to 10 Gbit/s

Keywords

optical Kerr effect; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical switches; 10 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; Kerr effect; acoustical disturbances; data demultiplexing; error-free operation; optical Kerr-effect; polarization diversity loop; polarization independent Kerr-switch; polarization independent non-interferometric switch; standard dispersion shifted fiber; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Pulse modulation; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Madrid

Print_ISBN

84-89900-14-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.1998.732494

Filename

732494