DocumentCode
405692
Title
All-optical switching of a nonlinear fiber-optic grating coupler utilizing cross-phase modulation of intense pump pulse at 1.55 μm
Author
Imai, Masaaki ; Sato, Shinya ; Kita, Nobuyuki
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Muroran Inst. of Technol., Hokkaido, Japan
Volume
2
fYear
2003
fDate
15-19 Dec. 2003
Abstract
An all-optical switching in a fiber-optic grating coupler (FGC) has been demonstrated using a mode-locked EDF laser with a EDFA at 1.55 μm, which induces Kerr nonlinearity in the grating region of the FGC due to cross-phase modulation.
Keywords
diffraction gratings; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre couplers; optical modulation; optical switches; phase modulation; 1.55 mum; EDFA; Kerr nonlinearity; all-optical switching; cross-phase modulation; intense pump pulse; mode-locked EDF laser; nonlinear fiber-optic grating coupler; Fiber gratings; Intensity modulation; Laser excitation; Optical coupling; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Probes; Pulse modulation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7766-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1277171
Filename
1277171
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