All-optical switching based on cross-phase modulation in microstructure fiber

Author

Sharping, Jay E. ; Fiorentino, Marco ; Kumar, Prem ; Windeler, Robert S.

Author_Institution

ECE Dept., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA

Volume

14

Issue

1

fYear

2002

Firstpage

77

Lastpage

79

Abstract

In this letter, we demonstrate all-optical switching of picosecond pulses between the output ports of a microstructure-fiber-based polarization Sagnac interferometer. High contrast switching of 2.6-ps FWHM signal pulses due to cross-phase modulation induced by 4.9-ps pump pulses in a 5.8-m long microstructure fiber is achieved at wavelengths near 1550 and 780 nm. The spectral and temporal behavior of the switching device are investigated and compared with numerical simulations based on coupled-wave theory.

Keywords

light interferometers; numerical analysis; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; optical modulation; optical switches; phase modulation; 1550 nm; 2.6 ps; 4.9 ps; 5.8 m; 780 micron; FWHM signal pulses; all-optical switching; coupled-wave theory; cross-phase modulation; high contrast switching; microstructure fiber; microstructure-fiber-based polarization Sagnac interferometer; numerical simulations; output ports; photonic crystal fiber; picosecond pulses; pump pulses; spectral behavior; switching device; temporal behavior; Microstructure; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Optical interferometry; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.974167

Filename

974167