Polarization-insensitive all-optical demultiplexing system

Author

Atieh, A.K. ; Myslinski, P. ; Chrostowski, J. ; Galko, P.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Inf. Technol., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

26-29 May 1996

Firstpage

222

Abstract

A novel all-optical demultiplexing system which is insensitive to the state of polarization of the input signals as well as to their drift in polarization is simulated. The technique employs a modified nonlinear optical loop mirror configuration to demultiplex 50 GHz pulse train into 10 GHz. The gain of an erbium-doped fiber amplifier is varied between 14 dB and 21 dB using a feedback signal from the loop output ports to achieve polarization independent complete switching

Keywords

demultiplexing; fibre lasers; mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical switches; 10 GHz; 14 to 21 dB; 50 GHz; all-optical demultiplexing system; erbium-doped fiber amplifier; feedback signal; input signals; loop output ports; modified nonlinear optical loop mirror; polarization drift; polarization independent switching; polarization insensitive system; pulse train; Demultiplexing; Fiber nonlinear optics; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1996. Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Calgary, Alta.

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3143-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.1996.548077

Filename

548077