Experimental demonstration of cascaded operation for two low-bi NOLMs

Author

Ahn, K.H. ; Barnett, B.C. ; Cao, X.D. ; Williams, G.R. ; Islam, Md Nurul

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

333

Lastpage

334

Abstract

Summary form only given. In summary, we experimentally verify cascadable operation of two low-birefringence nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) logic gates pumped by an EDFL. We achieve a contrast ratio of 10.7:1 in the cascaded operation. The switching energy is 17 pJ, and the timing window is 2.7 pulse widths. We will also present simulation results that confirm and extend our experiments. This is an important first step toward cascading gates for header processing applications.

Keywords

birefringence; fibre lasers; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical logic; optical pumping; optical switches; 17 pJ; cascadable operation; cascaded operation; cascading gates; contrast ratio; header processing applications; low-bi NOLMs; low-birefringence nonlinear optical loop mirror logic gates; optical pumping; pulse widths; simulation results; switching energy; timing window; Contracts; Electrodes; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864753