Title :
Diode laser pumped, Kerr phase-shifting and switching of a diode laser signal in a small core area optical fibre
Author :
Davision, A.S. ; White, I.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
The authors report the first demonstration of a diode laser pumped, fibre Kerr gate able to phase-shift a second diode laser signal by 90°. Fast polarisation switching (equivalent to an intensity modulation of 25%) has been achieved
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical Kerr effect; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical switches; semiconductor junction lasers; Kerr phase-shifting; Kerr phase-switching; diode laser; fibre Kerr gate; intensity modulation; optical communications; optical fibre; polarisation switching;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1988. (ECOC 88). Fourteenth European Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.292)
Conference_Location :
Brighton
