LASER-DIODE-DRIVEN ULTRAFAST ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING BY USING HIGHLY NONLINEAR CHALCOGENIDE GLASS-FIBER

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作者
ASOBE, M [1 ]
KOBAYASHI, H [1 ]
ITOH, H [1 ]
KANAMORI, T [1 ]
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[1] NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TEL PUBL CORP, OPTOELECTR LABS, TOKAI NAKA, IBARAKI 31911, JAPAN
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10.1364/OL.18.001056
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Laser-diode-driven all-optical switching is demonstrated with an As2S3-based glass fiber only 2 m long and assistance from an erbium-doped fiber amplifier. The laser-diode operation makes it easy to control ultrafast pulse trains with low timing jitter. Ultrafast switching at as much as 80-GHz repetition rates is successfully demonstrated. The nonlinear refractive index of the fiber is estimated to be 9.3 X 10(-15) (cm2/W) at a 1.55-mum wavelength.
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