Nonlinear fiber devices

Author

Stolen, R.H.

Author_Institution

AT&T Res., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

18-21 Nov. 1996

Firstpage

88

Abstract

Many different devices for optical pulse processing are based on fiber nonlinearity. These devices use the intensity-dependent refractive index (Kerr devices, nonlinear couplers, loop mirrors, four-wave mixing, soliton dragging) or optical amplification (Raman or Brillouin). For an overview, we examine how one operation (demultiplexing) might be performed with different fiber nonlinear devices.

Keywords

demultiplexing equipment; fibre lasers; mirrors; multiwave mixing; optical Kerr effect; optical directional couplers; optical fibres; optical solitons; stimulated Brillouin scattering; stimulated Raman scattering; Brillouin amplifier; Kerr devices; Raman amplifier; demultiplexing; fiber nonlinearity; four-wave mixing; intensity-dependent refractive index; loop mirrors; nonlinear couplers; nonlinear fiber devices; optical amplification; optical pulse processing; soliton dragging; twin core nonlinear directional coupler; Birefringence; Demultiplexing; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3160-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1996.571563

Filename

571563