Soliton switching in a fiber nonlinear loop mirror.
We observe all-optical, ultrafast switching at an energy of 55 pJ in a fiber nonlinear-optical loop mirror. The entire 310-fsec soliton waveform switches with 90% peak transmission. The soliton self-frequency shift lowers the peak transmission and splits the output pulse at higher powers, in agreement with numerical simulations.
Islam
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Sunderman
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Stolen
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Pleibel
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Simpson
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