Modeling of NOLM demultiplexers employing optical soliton control pulse

Zabih Ghassemlooy, Chin Ying Cheung, Asim Ray

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Abstract

An optical soliton pulse may be used as a control signal in nonlinear optical loop mirror demultiplexers in order to reduce timing-jitter noise and crosstalk. A mathematical model for calculating the width of the soliton switching window and optimizing critical parameters such as walk-off time and pulse width has been presented, and its accuracy is verified by solving the nonlinear Schrodinger equation.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)205-208
JournalMicrowave and Optical Technology Letters
Volume21
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 May 1999

Keywords

  • semiconductor laser amplifier
  • optical switching
  • soliton
  • optical time-division demultiplexer
  • optical loop mirrors

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