Abstract
A nonlinear device for ultrafast processing is proposed. This device is based on the nonlinear propagation in a waveguide loop formed by connecting the output ports of a conventional coupler. The device is shown to have potentially useful characteristics for unequal coupling ratios and has the ability to operate on entire pulses when soliton effects are included.
Keywords
OpticsLoop (graph theory)Nonlinear systemUltrashort pulsePhysicsCoupling (piping)SolitonNonlinear opticsWaveguideSelf-phase modulationOptical switchMaterials scienceLaser
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- Year
- 1988
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 56-56
- Citations
- 1044
- Access
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N.J. Doran,
David Wood
(1988).
Nonlinear-optical loop mirror.
Optics Letters
, 13
(1)
, 56-56.
https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.13.000056
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- DOI
- 10.1364/ol.13.000056