Title :
Nonlinear optical loop mirror with highly birefringent polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber for walk-off free wavelength conversion over 150 nm
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Lab., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We report wavelength-conversion in a nonlinear optical loop mirror consisting of polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber. The large birefringence allowed cross-phase modulation to occur between orthogonal polarized signal and control separated in wavelength over 150 nm.
Keywords :
birefringence; light polarisation; mirrors; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; photonic crystals; birefringent polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber; cross-phase modulation; nonlinear optical loop mirror; walk-off free wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
