Title :
Fast optical switching in Sm/sup 3+/-doped fibers
Author :
Wu, B. ; Chu, P.L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng., New South Wales Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We report an experimental investigation of the fast optical switching in a Sm/sup 3+/-doped fiber. We discovered that this fiber can effect a fast switching speed less than 5 ns. However, the required switching power is 472 W with pulsewidth 10 ns.
Keywords :
electro-optical switches; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibres; samarium; 10 ns; 472 W; 5 ns; Sm/sup 3+/-doped fibers; fast optical switching; fast switching speed; pulsewidth; switching power; Energy states; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Particle beam optics; Photodetectors; Samarium; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
