Title :
Ultrafast all optical switching using pulse trapping by orthogonally polarized ultrashort soliton pulse
Author :
Nishizawa, Norihiko ; Ukai, Yosuke ; Goto, Toshio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Quantum Eng., Nagoya Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Pulse trapping by orthogonally polarized ultrashort soliton pulse in birefringent fiber is investigated both experimentally and numerically. Ultrafast all optical switching using pulse trapping in anomalous dispersion region is demonstrated for the first time.
Keywords :
birefringence; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical solitons; optical switches; radiation pressure; all optical switching; anomalous dispersion region; birefringent fiber; orthogonally polarized pulse; pulse trapping; soliton pulse; ultrafast switching; ultrashort soliton pulse; Charge carrier processes; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202211
