MICROSECOND OPTICAL OPTICAL SWITCHING IN A NEODYMIUM-DOPED 2-MODE FIBER

Authors
SADOWSKI RW DIGONNET MJF PANTELL RH SHAW HJ
Citation
Rw. Sadowski et al., MICROSECOND OPTICAL OPTICAL SWITCHING IN A NEODYMIUM-DOPED 2-MODE FIBER, Optics letters, 18(11), 1993, pp. 927-929
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
18
Issue
11
Year of publication
1993
Pages
927 - 929
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1993)18:11<927:MOOSIA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We report on optically induced optical switching of a 632.8-nm signal in a Nd3+-doped, two-mode finer based on a nonlinearity resonantly enh anced by the dopant. A fast, 0.38-mus component was observed in the sw itched signal, which we believe is due to cross relaxation between clu stered ions. We demonstrated a 600-kHz switch in a 1.14-m elliptical-c ore fiber with 0.31 muJ of launched 807-nm pump energy. Information ab out cluster size and speed of the cross-relaxation process is inferred from the switch dynamics.