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Observation of ultrafast nonlinear polarization switching induced by polarization instability in a birefringent fiber rocking filter
Stefano Trillo,Stefan Wabnitz,W. C. Banyai,N. Finlayson,Colin T. Seaton,George I. Stegeman,Rogers Hall Stolen +6 more
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In this paper, the dependence of the switching characteristics on the input power and operating wavelength of a periodically twisted fiber filter is considered, and the switching performance is compared with the same model for all-optical switching between two orthogonal linear polarizations.Abstract:
Ultrafast all-optical switching between two orthogonal linear polarizations in a periodically twisted fiber filter is discussed. The dependence of the switching characteristics on the input power and operating wavelength is considered. >read more
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An ultrafast all-optical gate
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