DocumentCode
3183769
Title
Nonlinear switching using Bragg gratings
Author
Broderick, Neil G R ; Taverner, D. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Ibsen, M. ; Laming, R.I.
Author_Institution
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
fYear
1997
fDate
35747
Abstract
In this paper we have present our results on three different types of nonlinear all-optical switches which of all relied on the properties of a single Bragg grating. The first switch utilised gap soliton formation resulting in self-induced transparency. The second switch was an all-optical ´AND´ gate using two orthogonally polarised input pulses and had a contrast ratio of 17dB. The last switch showed that it was possible to alter the transmission of a weak probe by a high intensity pump and is particularly suited to WDM applications
Keywords
optical communication equipment; Bragg gratings; WDM applications; all-optical AND gate; gap soliton formation; high intensity pump; nonlinear all-optical switches; nonlinear switching; self-induced transparency; single Bragg grating; weak probe;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Optoelectronic Integration and Switching (Ref. No: 1997/372), IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
Glasgow
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/ic:19971252
Filename
660954
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