• DocumentCode
    338855
  • Title

    Measurement of the nonlinear response in a strongly pumped erbium doped amplifiers for all-optical switching

  • Author

    Skirtach, A.G. ; Boothroyd, S.A. ; Grover, C.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Nat. Meas. Stand., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    21-26 Feb. 1999
  • Firstpage
    279
  • Abstract
    Measurements of the decay time of real-time gratings in highly doped erbium fiber and analysis of the nonlinear response are presented. For strong pumping conditions the response for a nonlinear optical switch can be 50 /spl mu/s.
  • Keywords
    erbium; nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; optical pumping; optical switches; 50 mus; all-optical switching; highly doped erbium fiber; nonlinear optical switch; nonlinear response measurememt; real-time grating decay time measurement; strong pumping conditions; strongly pumped erbium doped amplifiers; Delay; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gratings; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Phase modulation; Refractive index;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-582-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.1999.768139
  • Filename
    768139