Theoretical Investigation of Longitudinal Dispersion Fluctuations on All-Fiber Phase-Sensitive Parametric Optical Switch
Journal article, 2017
A fiber-based all-optical switch accomplished by pump depletion in a single-pump phase sensitive (PS) amplifier is theoretically investigated using an inhomogeneous fiber model including the zero-dispersion wavelength (ZDW) fluctuations. We find that the OFF-state (maximum pump depletion) of the PS all-optical switch is very sensitive to the ZDW fluctuations, whereas the ON-state (minimum pump depletion) is more robust. Meanwhile, the nonreciprocal transmission characteristic of the PS all-optical switch induced by the ZDW fluctuations is investigated with the help of the proposed inhomogeneous fiber model. Our theoretical results are useful to optimize the experimental implementation of PS all-optical switch.
optical switches
four-wave mixing
Fiber nonlinear optics
phase sensitive amplifiers
Author
J. T. Gao
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Y. Meng
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
S Fu
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Magnus Karlsson
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics
Peter Andrekson
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics
M. Tang
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
D. M. Liu
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Journal of Lightwave Technology
0733-8724 (ISSN) 1558-2213 (eISSN)
Vol. 35 9 1646-1653 7876741Phase-sensitive optical parametric amplifiers (PSOPA)
European Commission (EC) (EC/FP7/291618), 2012-03-01 -- 2017-02-28.
Subject Categories
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
DOI
10.1109/jlt.2017.2681685