ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING IN A 200-M TWIN-CORE FIBER NONLINEAR MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER

被引：32

作者：

NAYAR, BK

FINLAYSON, N

DORAN, NJ

DAVEY, ST

WILLIAMS, DL

ARKWRIGHT, JW

机构：

[1] British Telecom Research Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 1991年 / 16卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.16.000408

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

All-optical switching is demonstrated in a 200-m-long fiber nonlinear Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The only stabilization mechanism used is passive enclosure of the interferometer. Stable operation is obtained by using a twin-core fiber. The experiment demonstrates the feasibility of use of fiber nonlinear Mach-Zehnder interferometers for ultrafast switching and pipeline logic.

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页码：408 / 410

页数：3

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