All-optical polarization-insensitive time-division demultiplexer using a nonlinear optical loop mirror with a pair of short polarization-maintaining fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1737-1739

  Sakamoto, Takahide ^a   Lim, Han Chuen ^a   Kikuchi, Kazuro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross phase modulation; Fiber nonlinearity; Nonlinear optical loop mirror; Optical switch; Optical time division multiplexing; Polarization diversity; Ultrashort optical pulse

Indexed keywords

DEMULTIPLEXING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

NONLINEAR OPTICAL-LOOP MIRRORS (NOLM);

TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 0036894184     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.804647     Document Type: Article

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