Title :
Soliton switching in a lossy acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF)
Author :
de Oliveira, R.S. ; da Silva, M.G. ; Sombra, A.S.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Ciencias da Natureza, Univ. Estadual do Ceara, Quixada, Brazil
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The acoustic-optic tunable filter (AOTF) has attracted great attention in recent years, in part because it appears to be a suitable basis for multiwavelength optical cross-connects. It is probably the only known tunable filter that is capable of selecting several wavelengths simultaneously. This capability can be used to construct a multiwavelength router. In this paper, we study the transmission characteristics of the AOTF operating with ultrashort optical solitons, providing possibilities for achieving high efficiency in ultrafast all-optical signal processing.
Keywords :
acousto-optical filters; acousto-optical switches; optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; optical solitons; optical tuning; telecommunication network routing; AOTF; acoustic-optic tunable filter; lossy acousto-optic tunable filter; multi-wavelength optical cross-connects; multi-wavelength router; soliton switching; tunable filter; ultra short optical solitons; ultrafast all-optical signal processing; wavelength selection; Millimeter wave technology; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical polymers; Optical pulse generation; Optical solitons; Optical variables control; Performance loss; Scanning probe microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-662-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2001.947519
