• DocumentCode
    2990761
  • Title

    Optically Controlled 2x2 Exchange/Bypass Switch with 0.8 m of Bismuth Oxide Nonlinear Fibre

  • Author

    Zouraraki, O. ; Bakopoulos, P. ; Vyrsokinos, K. ; Avramopoulos, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Communications Research Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Zographou, GR 15773, Athens, Greece, e-mail: ozour@mail.ntua.gr
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an all-optical 2x2 switch using 0.8 m of Bismuth Oxide fibre. Error-free operation is obtained with less than 1.06 dB BER power penalty at both output ports.
  • Keywords
    Bismuth; Bit error rate; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical network units; Optical switches; Power semiconductor switches; Pulse modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801141
  • Filename
    4801141