All-optical method of conducting long-distance switching by proper use of an electro-optic Pockels material and a nonlinear optical waveguide

Prasanta Mandal; Harihar Bhowmik; Sourangshu Mukhopadhyay

doi:10.1117/1.2227365

1 July 2006 All-optical method of conducting long-distance switching by proper use of an electro-optic Pockels material and a nonlinear optical waveguide

Prasanta Mandal, Harihar Bhowmik, Sourangshu Mukhopadhyay

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 45, Issue 7, 075002 (July 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2227365

Abstract

An optical soliton pulse can be effectively used as an information-carrying signal in a nonlinear optical fiber medium. We propose an analytical model for phase-sensitive switching by the use of two mutually orthogonal polarized Gaussian pulses. To realize it we consider a Gaussian pulse first propagating through an electro-optic modulator. The orthogonal components of the pulse are introduced into the optical fiber. By controlling the applied voltage across the modulator we can change the phase relation between the components. By this method, switching at a very long distance can be implemented in the optical fiber.

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Prasanta Mandal, Harihar Bhowmik, and Sourangshu Mukhopadhyay "All-optical method of conducting long-distance switching by proper use of an electro-optic Pockels material and a nonlinear optical waveguide," Optical Engineering 45(7), 075002 (1 July 2006). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2227365

Published: 1 July 2006

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