DocumentCode
3434532
Title
Optical switching experiment in phase-shifted fiber Bragg gratings
Author
Melloni, Andrea ; Chinello, Marco ; Martinelli, Mario
Author_Institution
Dip. di Elettronica e Inf., Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Volume
1
fYear
1999
fDate
1999
Firstpage
244
Abstract
We report results of an all-optical switching experiment in a phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating. A low power, CW probe beam is switched off (on) by an intense pump beam. We experimentally demonstrated the cross phase based, all-optical switching in a phase-shifted grating. The strong enhancement of the nonlinear effect due to the group velocity reduction and the switching polarization dependence was observed and theoretically confirmed
Keywords
Bragg gratings; optical solitons; optical switches; all-optical switching; cross phase base switching; extinction ratio; group velocity reduction; low power CW probe beam; nonlinear effect enhancement; phase-shifted fiber Bragg gratings; refractive index variation; switching polarization dependence; Acoustic beams; Fiber nonlinear optics; Gratings; Laser excitation; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical solitons; Optical variables control; Probes; Pulse measurements;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5634-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.1999.813570
Filename
813570
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