Title :
Measurement of the nonlinear response in a strongly pumped erbium doped amplifiers for all-optical switching
Author :
Skirtach, A.G. ; Boothroyd, S.A. ; Grover, C.P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Nat. Meas. Stand., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Measurements of the decay time of real-time gratings in highly doped erbium fiber and analysis of the nonlinear response are presented. For strong pumping conditions the response for a nonlinear optical switch can be 50 /spl mu/s.
Keywords :
erbium; nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; optical pumping; optical switches; 50 mus; all-optical switching; highly doped erbium fiber; nonlinear optical switch; nonlinear response measurememt; real-time grating decay time measurement; strong pumping conditions; strongly pumped erbium doped amplifiers; Delay; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gratings; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Phase modulation; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.768139
