LOOP MIRROR-TYPE PERFECT OPTICAL SWITCH DEVICE OF NONLINEAR OPTICAL FIBER

    公开(公告)号:JPH07287262A

    公开(公告)日:1995-10-31

    申请号:JP31730594

    申请日:1994-12-20

    Abstract: PURPOSE: To eliminate the speed limitation of switching, due to the work-off effects of control light and signal light by additionally introducing the another control light, having suitable time delay for the existent control light. CONSTITUTION: This device is provided with a beam splitter 6 for splitting the control light provided from a control light source 3 into two control beams Ic1 and Ic2 in the ratio of 50:50, delayer 7 and mirror 8 for making one of two control beams incident to a 2nd wavelength divided optical fiber coupler 5, after delaying it for prescribed time in order to keep the difference between the transmission time of one of two control beams and the transmission time of the other signal beam. Thus, the other control beam Ic2 having the same intensity as one control beam, while keeping a suitable delay time for the control beam Ic1 to be used, is added from the conventional non-linear loop mirror structure, and a switching window having the same width as that time delay period is opened. Namely, the size of the switching window is unrelated to the work-off between control light and signal light.

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