LOW-POWER ALL-OPTICAL BROAD-BAND SWITCHING DEVICE USING YTTERBIUM-DOPED FIBER

Authors
ELANGO P ARKWRIGHT JW CHU PL ATKINS GR
Citation
P. Elango et al., LOW-POWER ALL-OPTICAL BROAD-BAND SWITCHING DEVICE USING YTTERBIUM-DOPED FIBER, IEEE photonics technology letters, 8(8), 1996, pp. 1032-1034
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
8
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1032 - 1034
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1996)8:8<1032:LABSDU>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
All-optical photonic switching has been demonstrated at 1310 nm and 15 45 nm using an all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer incorporating ytt erbium-doped silica fiber. The switching was achieved with 980 nm exci tation from a laser diode, with a power-length product of 3.7 mW . m a nd 5.8 mW . m at 1310 nm and 1545 nm respectively, thus giving low pow er all-optical switching at the preferred telecommunications wavelengt hs.