Soliton loop mirror demultiplexer using orthogonally polarized signal and control

Author

Dennis, Michael L. ; Arend, Mark F. ; Duling, Irl N., III

Author_Institution

Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

8

Issue

7

fYear

1996

fDate

7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

906

Lastpage

908

Abstract

For future ultra high speed (/spl ap/100 Gb/s) time division multiplexed (TDM) communications systems, a means of demultiplexing the individual channels is essential. We report demonstration of a loop mirror demultiplexer operating in the soliton regime using polarization multiplexing of the control and signal. A clean, high-contrast, high-efficiency switching window is obtained by optimizing control and signal pulse energy, fiber length, etc. The results are compared with loop mirror demultiplexer operation in the linear regime, and with numerical simulations.

Keywords

demultiplexing equipment; high-speed optical techniques; mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical solitons; time division multiplexing; NOLM; control; optical fiber; orthogonally polarized signal; polarization multiplexing; soliton loop mirror demultiplexer; switching window; ultra high speed TDM communication; Communication system control; Control systems; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Mirrors; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Solitons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.502266

Filename

502266