Title :
Optical switching with nonlinear optical loop mirror using nonlinear birefringence effect
Author :
Rhy, Hee Yeal ; Kim, Byoung Yoon ; Lee, Hai-Woong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
We show that our scheme, which should formally employ a nearly isotropic fiber for a loop, can also have a switching action alternatively with birefringence fiber for the loop and therefore be more practical in an experiment. The device consists of a symmetric coupler, a birefringence fiber loop, and a set of asymmetrically located polarization retarders
Keywords :
birefringence; mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical fibre polarisation; optical switches; asymmetrically located polarization retarders; birefringence fiber; birefringence fiber loop; nearly isotropic fiber; nonlinear birefringence effect; nonlinear optical loop mirror; optical switching; switching action; symmetric coupler; Birefringence; Fiber nonlinear optics; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Optical retarders; Optical solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.739618
