All-optical AND gate based on coupled gap-soliton formation in a fiber Bragg grating

被引：64

作者：

Taverner, D ^{[1
]}

Broderick, NGR ^{[1
]}

Richardson, DJ ^{[1
]}

Ibsen, M ^{[1
]}

Laming, RI ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Southampton, Optoelect Res Ctr, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 1998年 / 23卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.23.000259

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We experimentally demonstrate an all-optical AND gate based on coupled gap-soliton formation in an apodized fiber Bragg grating. A switching contrast of better than 17 dB is obtained with an incident pulse peak power of 2.5 kW. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：259 / 261

页数：3

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