Title :
All-optical ´AND´ gate using gap soliton formation in a fiber Bragg grating
Author :
Taverner, D. ; Broderick, N.G.R. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Ibsen, M. ; Lamin, R.I.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We present, for the first time to our knowledge, an all-optical ´AND´ gate based on a configuration proposed by S. Lee and S.T. Ho. [see Opt. Lett., vol. 18, p. 962, 1993]. The operation of the gate relies on the formation and propagation of coupled gap solitons by two orthogonally polarized high-intensity input beams incident within the bandgap of a fibre Bragg grating (FBG).
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical fibres; optical logic; optical solitons; optical switches; all-optical AND gate; coupled gap solitons; fiber Bragg grating; fibre Bragg grating bandgap; gap soliton formation; orthogonally polarized high-intensity input beams; Bragg gratings; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical refraction; Photonic band gap; Polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-521-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1998.657358
