• DocumentCode
    2928398
  • Title

    High-speed polarization independent demultiplexing using birefringent nonlinear fiber

  • Author

    Lenihan, A.S. ; Salem, R. ; Astar, W. ; Murphy, T.E. ; Carter, G.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    14-16 Jan. 2008
  • Firstpage
    53
  • Lastpage
    54
  • Abstract
    We describe a technique for achieving polarization-independent nonlinear interactions in a short nonlinear fiber, through the residual birefringence of the fiber. We apply this method to all-optical demultiplexing of high data rate signals.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; demultiplexing; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; all-optical demultiplexing; birefringent nonlinear fiber; high-speed polarization; nonlinear interactions; short nonlinear fiber; Birefringence; Clocks; Demultiplexing; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE/LEOS Winter Topical Meeting Series, 2008
  • Conference_Location
    Sorrento
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1594-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1595-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSWT.2008.4444395
  • Filename
    4444395