ALL-OPTICAL AND GATE BASED ON COUPLED GAP-SOLITON FORMATION IN A FIBER BRAGG GRATING

Authors
TAVERNER D BRODERICK NGR RICHARDSON DJ IBSEN M LAMING RI
Citation
D. Taverner et al., ALL-OPTICAL AND GATE BASED ON COUPLED GAP-SOLITON FORMATION IN A FIBER BRAGG GRATING, Optics letters, 23(4), 1998, pp. 259-261
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
23
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
259 - 261
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1998)23:4<259:AAGBOC>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate an all-optical AND gate based on coupled gap-soliton formation in an apodized fiber Bragg grating. A switching contrast of better than 17 dB is obtained with an incident pulse peak power of 2.5 kW. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.