Self routing all-optical switch for WDM applications

Franco Chiaraluce; Ennio Gambi; Paola Pierleoni

doi:10.1117/12.328584

4 December 1998 Self-routing all-optical switch for WDM applications

Franco Chiaraluce, Ennio Gambi, Paola Pierleoni

Proceedings Volume 3491, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology III: Closing the Gap between Theory, Development, and Applications; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328584
Event: 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology, 1998, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

We present the theory and modeling of an all-optical device which realizes self-routing of waves at different wavelengths. The device exploits spatial soliton interaction in the Kerr-like nonlinear medium and can be used in WDM networks. Interaction is governed by four-wave mixing that produces the desired effects under suitable excitation conditions. We give the example of a device able to route ten wavelengths, with good spatial separation at the output and practically no loss.

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Franco Chiaraluce, Ennio Gambi, and Paola Pierleoni "Self-routing all-optical switch for WDM applications", Proc. SPIE 3491, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology III: Closing the Gap between Theory, Development, and Applications, (4 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328584

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