Polarization-independent high-speed switching in a standard non-linear optical loop mirror

Mulvad, H. C.H., Galili, M., Oxenløwe, L. K., Clausen, A. T., Grüner-Nielsen, L. and Jeppesen, P. (2008) Polarization-independent high-speed switching in a standard non-linear optical loop mirror. In OFC/NFOEC - 2008 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. IEEE.. (doi:10.1109/OFC.2008.4528371).

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Abstract

We introduce a scheme which allows polarization-independent switching in a standard NOLM. Experimental verification is performed by switching 10 Gbit/s data with 0.2 dB polarization-dependence and by error-free demultiplexing of polarization-scrambled 320 Gbit/s OTDM data.

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Published date: 23 May 2008

Venue - Dates: OFC/NFOEC 2008 - 2008 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, , San Diego, CA, United States, 2008-02-24 - 2008-02-28

Keywords: High speed optical techniques, Optical polarization, Fiber nonlinear optics, bit rate 320 Gbit/s

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