Operation of a nonlinear optical loop mirror with orthogonally polarized waves in nonpolarization-preserving, single-mode fiber

Author

Butler, D.L. ; Cho, P.S. ; Chbat, M.W. ; Goldhar, J. ; Choa, F.S. ; Burdge, G.L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

Volume

8

Issue

6

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

779

Lastpage

781

Abstract

We demonstrate stable operation of a NOLM using orthogonally polarized control and signal beams in nonpolarization-preserving, single-mode fiber. The NOLM can transcribe data from an optically incoherent input at one wavelength to a coherent output over a range of wavelengths. Operation of the NOLM without tuning for the input bit rate is possible over a range of bit rates from less than 1 Gb/s to more than 50 Gb/s.

Keywords

mirrors; optical fibre polarisation; optical frequency conversion; stimulated Brillouin scattering; 1 to 50 Gbit/s; NOLM; SBS optical clock recovery; bit rates; coherent output; input bit rate; nonlinear optical loop mirror; nonpolarization-preserving single-mode fiber; optically incoherent input; orthogonally polarized control beams; orthogonally polarized signal beams; orthogonally polarized waves; stable operation; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser beams; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.502092

Filename

502092