Title :
Self-switching of optical pulses in gain-distributed nonlinear amplifying fibre loop mirror
Author :
Wai, P.K.A. ; Cao, W.-H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., China
Abstract :
Self-switching of optical pulses in a gain-distributed nonlinear amplifying fibre loop mirror is investigated numerically in the soliton regime. Results show that, compared with the conventional nonlinear fibre loop mirror with a lumped gain inside or outside the loop, the present device can produce higher-quality pulses and permits more efficient pulse compression.
Keywords :
mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; optical switches; gain distributed nonlinear amplifying fibre loop mirror; optical pulses self switching; quality pulse compression;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20045474