Title :
Nonlinear fiber devices
Author_Institution :
AT&T Res., Holmdel, NJ, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1996. LEOS 96., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3160-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1996.571563
