POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING

被引:8
作者
WHITAKER, NA
FRENCH, PMW
GABRIEL, MC
AVRAMOPOULOS, H
机构
[1] AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ
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D O I
10.1109/68.122386
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A polarization-independent all-optical switch has been demonstrated based on a nonlinear fiber Sagnac interferometer. The control signal is split and recombined with a time delay, producing two linearly polarized pulses that lie within the temporal switching window of the circuit. Less than 10% variation of the switched output signal was observed as the input polarization was varied.
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页码:260 / 263
页数:4
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