Polarization independent demultiplexing in a polarization diversity nonlinear optical loop mirror
- 1 June 1997
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- Vol. 9 (6) , 764-766
- https://doi.org/10.1109/68.584983
Abstract
We present a novel technique to achieve polarization insensitive all-optical demultiplexing using standard dispersion shifted fibers in a nonlinear optical loop mirror. A polarization dependence of /spl plusmn/0.2 dB is reported with no power penalty due to change in polarization.Keywords
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