LASER-DIODE-PUMPED NONLINEAR SWITCH IN ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER

被引:29
作者
PANTELL, RH
SADOWSKI, RW
DIGONNET, MJF
SHAW, HJ
机构
[1] Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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10.1364/OL.17.001026
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We describe a two-mode fiber switch made of a short length of erbium-doped fiber in which switching is accomplished by a nonlinearity that is resonantly enhanced by the dopant. In a 0.95-m fiber pumped with a 1.48-mu-m laser diode, a 906-nm signal is switched with only 8 mW of absorbed power at a signal absorption loss of 0.25 dB.
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页码:1026 / 1028
页数:3
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