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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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