Nonlinear switching in fibre Bragg gratings

Authors
Broderick, NGR Taverner, D Richardson, DJ
Citation
Ngr. Broderick et al., Nonlinear switching in fibre Bragg gratings, OPT EXPRESS, 3(11), 1998, pp. 447-453
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
OPTICS EXPRESS
ISSN journal
10944087 → ACNP
Volume
3
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
447 - 453
Database
ISI
SICI code
1094-4087(19981123)3:11<447:NSIFBG>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We report on our recent experiments on nonlinear switching in fibre Bragg g ratings. Using an all-fibre source we show an increase in transmission of a FBG from 4% to 40% at high powers. This switching is associated with the f ormation of gap solitons inside the grating. We also demonstrate an all-opt ical AND gate using polarization coupled gap solitons and the optical pushb room. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.