Nonlinear-optical loop mirror demultiplexer using a random birefringence fiber: comparisons between simulations and experiments

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dc.contributor.authorArend, Mark F.
dc.contributor.authorDennis, Michael L.
dc.contributor.authorDuling, Irl N.
dc.contributor.authorGolovchenko, Ekaterina A.
dc.contributor.authorPilipetskii, Alexei N.
dc.contributor.authorMenyuk, Curtis
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-17T14:46:05Z
dc.date.available2025-06-17T14:46:05Z
dc.date.issued1997-06-15
dc.description.abstractA numerical simulation of the switching characteristics of a polarization multiplexed nonlinear-optical loop mirror demultiplexer is presented and compared with experiment. The model assumes that the optical fiber that composes the loop has a randomly varying birefringence, that the signal and the control pulses have the same frequency, and that these pulses are nearly solitons. Factors that affect the shape and the width of the switching window curve are discussed. A phase-dependent modulation of the switching window curve, which is due to incomplete averaging of the light polarization state, is observed both experimentally and numerically. Models in which the randomness is neglected are not able to describe this modulation adequately.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe research at the University of Maryland Baltimore County was supported by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Advanced Research Projects Agency through the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Research at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) was supported by the Office of the Chief of Naval Research. This study was performed while M. Arend held a National Research Council–NRL Research Associateship
dc.description.urihttps://opg.optica.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-22-12-886
dc.format.extent3 pages
dc.genrejournal articles
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2ty4i-hyew
dc.identifier.citationArend, Mark F., Michael L. Dennis, Irl N. Duling, Ekaterina A. Golovchenko, Alexei N. Pilipetskii, and Curtis R. Menyuk. “Nonlinear-Optical Loop Mirror Demultiplexer Using a Random Birefringence Fiber: Comparisons between Simulations and Experiments.” Optics Letters 22, no. 12 (June 15, 1997): 886–88. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.22.000886.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1364/OL.22.000886
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/38990
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherOPTICA
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department
dc.rightsThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.
dc.rightsPublic Domain
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
dc.subjectPolarization mode dispersion
dc.subjectUMBC Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory
dc.subjectUMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF)
dc.subjectBeam splitters
dc.subjectAttenuation coefficient
dc.subjectNumerical simulation
dc.subjectPhase shift
dc.subjectFiber optic couplers
dc.subjectUMBC Computational Photonics Lab
dc.titleNonlinear-optical loop mirror demultiplexer using a random birefringence fiber: comparisons between simulations and experiments
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dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0269-8433

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