All-optical XOR gate using polarization rotation in single highly nonlinear fiber

Changyuan Yu; Louis Christen; Ting Luo; Yan Wang; Zhongqi Pan; Lian Shan Yan; Alan E. Willner

doi:10.1109/LPT.2005.846918

All-optical XOR gate using polarization rotation in single highly nonlinear fiber

Changyuan Yu, Louis Christen, Ting Luo, Yan Wang, Zhongqi Pan, Lian Shan Yan, Alan E. Willner

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Abstract

We demonstrate a 10-Gb/s all-optical XOR gate based on polarization rotation induced by Kerr effect in a single highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF). Using 2 km of HNLF with a nonlinear coefficient of 9.1 W-1· km-1, we obtain a 25-dB extinction ratio at the XOR output.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1232-1234
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	17
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2005.846918
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Four-wave mixing
Nonlinear optics
Optical fiber communication

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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