DocumentCode
1153493
Title
Demonstration of the nonlinear fibre loop mirror as an ultrafast all-optical demultiplexer
Author
Blow, Keith J. ; Doran, N.J. ; Nelson, Brent P.
Author_Institution
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
Volume
26
Issue
14
fYear
1990
fDate
7/5/1990 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
962
Lastpage
964
Abstract
The all fibre nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) is used in the two wavelength version to show good contrast stable switching of selected pulses from a stream of short pulses. The polarisation properties of the device enable operation as a genuine four port demultiplexer.
Keywords
fibre optics; multiplexing equipment; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical switches; NOLM; demonstration; fibre nonlinear optical loop mirror; four port demultiplexer; long interaction lengths; nonlinear fibre loop mirror; polarisation properties; stability; stable switching of selected pulses; stream of short pulses; two-wavelength operation; ultrafast all-optical demultiplexer; ultrafast switching;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19900626
Filename
107956
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