• DocumentCode
    1367525
  • Title

    A quantum-mechanical study of optical regenerators based on nonlinear-loop mirrors

  • Author

    D´Ariano, G.M. ; Kumar, Prem

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Fisica, Pavia Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    699
  • Lastpage
    701
  • Abstract
    We present a quantum-mechanical analysis of a nonlinear interferometer that achieves optical switching via cross-phase modulation (XPM) resulting from the Kerr effect. We show how it performs as a very precise optical regenerator, highly improving the transmitted bit-error rate (BER) in the presence of loss.
  • Keywords
    light interferometers; mirrors; optical Kerr effect; optical modulation; optical repeaters; optical switches; phase modulation; quantum optics; Kerr effect; bit error rate; cross phase modulation; loss; nonlinear interferometer; nonlinear loop mirror; optical regenerator; optical switching; quantum mechanical analysis; Bit error rate; Fiber nonlinear optics; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Repeaters; Sagnac interferometers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.669331
  • Filename
    669331