Nonlinear pulse switching using cross-phase modulation and fiber Bragg gratings

Author

Perlin, Victor E. ; Winful, Herbert G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

13

Issue

9

fYear

2001

Firstpage

960

Lastpage

962

Abstract

We propose and analyze a new all-optical nonlinear switch. The device is based on cross-phase modulation (XPM)-induced temporary frequency shift upon co-propagation of signal and control pulses with walkoff, and on the filtering effect of a fiber Bragg grating (FBG). Very high ON/OFF contrast with practically no pulse distortion can be achieved with moderate switching power. The new device possesses some important advantages over nonlinear optical-loop mirror switches.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre filters; optical modulation; optical switches; phase modulation; ON/OFF contrast; all-optical nonlinear switch; control pulses; cross-phase modulation; cross-phase modulation-induced temporary frequency shift; device; fiber Bragg grating; fiber Bragg gratings; filtering effect; moderate switching power; nonlinear optical-loop mirror switches; nonlinear pulse switching; pulse distortion; signal co-propagation; temporary frequency shift; walkoff; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Filtering; Frequency modulation; Optical distortion; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber filters; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.942660

Filename

942660