Operation of a nonlinear optical loop mirror with orthogonally polarized waves in nonpolarization-preserving, single-mode fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 779-781

  Butler, D L ^a,b   Cho, P S ^b   Chbat, M W ^b,c   Goldhar, J ^b   Choa, F S ^a,d   Burdge, G L ^a,e  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRROR; ORTHOGONALLY POLARIZED CONTROL; SINGLE MODE FIBER;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0030166138     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.502092     Document Type: Article

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