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Demonstration of the nonlinear fibre loop mirror as an ultrafast all-optical demultiplexer

Demonstration of the nonlinear fibre loop mirror as an ultrafast all-optical demultiplexer

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The all fibre nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) is used in the two wavelength version to show good contrast stable switching of selected pulses from a stream of short pulses. The polarisation properties of the device enable operation as a genuine four port demultiplexer.

Inspec keywords: optical communication equipment; multiplexing equipment; nonlinear optics; fibre optics; optical switches

Other keywords: polarisation properties; ultrafast all-optical demultiplexer; fibre nonlinear optical loop mirror; NOLM; stability; demonstration; four port demultiplexer; two-wavelength operation; stream of short pulses; ultrafast switching; long interaction lengths; nonlinear fibre loop mirror; stable switching of selected pulses

Subjects: Optical bistability, multistability and switching; Fibre optics; Ultrafast optical techniques; Other fibre optical devices and techniques; Other switching centres; Optical communication; Optical communication devices, equipment and systems; Nonlinear optics and devices

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