Title :
Ultrafast nonlinear polarization switching based on polarization instability in a birefringent fiber filter
Author :
Trillo, S. ; Wabnitz, S. ; Stegeman, G.I. ; Banyai, W.C. ; Finlayson, N. ; Seaton, C.T. ; Stolen, R.H.
Author_Institution :
Fondzione Ugo Bordoni, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
The authors report observations of optical-frequency dependent picosecond all-optical polarization switching by using a new fiber nonlinear switch constituted by a rocking filter followed by a linear polarizations splitter
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light polarisation; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; optical filters; optical switches; birefringent fiber filter; linear polarizations splitter; nonlinear switch; picosecond all-optical polarization switching; polarization instability; rocking filter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1988. (ECOC 88). Fourteenth European Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.292)
Conference_Location :
Brighton
