• DocumentCode
    755621
  • 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
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1996
  • Firstpage
    230
  • Lastpage
    232
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.484250
  • Filename
    484250
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=755621