Title :
A walk-off balanced nonlinear fiber loop mirror switch
Author :
Hak Kyu Lee ; Kyong Hon Kim ; Seo Yeon Park ; El-Hang Lee
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Taejon, South Korea
Abstract :
We have successfully demonstrated a walk-off balanced nonlinear fiber loop mirror (WBNFLM)-type all-optical switch for 10 Gb/s signal of 1.3-μm wavelength with 1.5-μm control pulses. This switching scheme, as compared with the conventional types of NFLM, allows the switching speed to go above the limitation imposed by walk-off effects and jitter tolerance to be maximum without degradation of on-off ratio.
Keywords :
jitter; mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre polarisation; optical switches; 1.3 mum; 1.5 mum; 10 Gbit/s; WBNFLM-type all-optical switch; control pulses; jitter tolerance; on-off ratio; switching scheme; switching speed; walk-off balanced nonlinear fiber loop mirror switch; walk-off effects; Bandwidth; Mirrors; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Size control; Switches; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication switching; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
