FDTD simulation of all-optical switch using different wavelength controlling pulse in the NLDC

Author

Trivunac-Vukovic, Natasa ; Milovanovic, Bratislav

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telecommun., Fac. of Electron. Eng., Nis, Yugoslavia

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

269

Abstract

The finite difference time domain method (FDTD) is proposed for solving the nonlinear coupled Schrodinger partial differential equations, which describe soliton propagation in the nonlinear directional coupler (NLDC). Ultrafast all-optical switching using NLDC and solitons is described. The switching is controlled by copropagating a different wavelength controlling soliton pulse in the adjacent fiber

Keywords

Schrodinger equation; finite difference time-domain analysis; high-speed optical techniques; light propagation; optical directional couplers; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre theory; optical solitons; optical switches; optical variables control; FDTD simulation; NLDC; all-optical switch; different wavelength controlling pulse; finite difference time domain method; nonlinear coupled Schrodinger partial differential equations; nonlinear directional coupler; optical fiber; soliton propagation; ultrafast all-optical switching; Couplings; Finite difference methods; Optical control; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 2000. MELECON 2000. 10th Mediterranean

Conference_Location

Lemesos

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6290-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.2000.880418

Filename

880418