FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS OF ALL-OPTICAL NRZ-TO-SOLITON CONVERSION BY NONLINEAR-OPTICAL LOOP MIRRORS

Authors
BIGO S DESURVIRE E LECLERE O
Citation
S. Bigo et al., FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS OF ALL-OPTICAL NRZ-TO-SOLITON CONVERSION BY NONLINEAR-OPTICAL LOOP MIRRORS, Electronics Letters, 31(12), 1995, pp. 994-995
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
31
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
994 - 995
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1995)31:12<994:FLOANC>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
All-optical NRZ-to-RZ conversion through nonlinear optical loop mirror s (NOLM) is analysed. By computing the time-bandwidth output character istics, we investigate the dependence of the NOLM switching power and control envelope on the chirp of the switched RZ pulses. The effect of this chirp on further propagation in the soliton regime and related c ontinuum generation is then analysed by an inverse-scattering transfor m.