Abstract
We demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, the switching of optical solitons. We observe switching of 93% of the total reflected energy in a partially transmitting integrated fiber loop mirror that makes up the interferometer. This result demonstrates the potential of solitons as the natural bits in ultrafast optical processing.
Keywords
OpticsInterferometryPhysicsSolitonUltrashort pulseSagnac effectOptical switchOptical fiberNonlinear opticsNonlinear systemLaserQuantum mechanics
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- 1989
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- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 14
- Pages
- 754-754
- Citations
- 214
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K. J. Blow,
N.J. Doran,
B. K. Nayar
(1989).
Experimental demonstration of optical soliton switching in an all-fiber nonlinear Sagnac interferometer.
Optics Letters
, 14
(14)
, 754-754.
https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.14.000754
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- DOI
- 10.1364/ol.14.000754