Soliton Switching In An Erbium-Doped Nonlinear Fiber Coupler

    Authors

    J. Wilson; G. I. Stegeman;E. M. Wright

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    OPTICAL FIBERS; Optics

    Abstract

    A numerical study of the all-optical switching properties of solitons in an erbium-doped nonlinear fiber coupler is presented. The small gain provided by the erbium both lowers and sharpens the switching threshold, while producing pulse-compression factors of 3 to 9. As a result, we show that it is possible to achieve all-optical switching, amplification, and compression of short pulses in a single device.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    16

    Issue/Number

    21

    Publication Date

    1-1-1991

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1653

    Last Page

    1655

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1991GM70800009

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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