Title :
Ultrafast All Optical Switching in Anomalous Dispersion Region Using Pulse Trapping in Birefringent Fiber
Author :
Nishizawa, Norihiko ; Ukai, Yosuke ; Goto, Toshio
Author_Institution :
Norihiko Nishizawa, Yosuke Ukai, and Toshio Goto Nagoya University, Japan, nishizawa@nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Abstract :
0.83 THz ultrafast all optical switching in anomalous dispersion region is demonstrated experimentally using pulse trapping by orthogonally polarized 150 fs soliton pulse. The achievable fastest switching speed is also discussed numerically.
Keywords :
Birefringence; Charge carrier processes; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Optical solitons; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569722