Abstract
The advantages of all-optical signal processing for high bit rate systems have stimulated interest in the demonstration of all-optical switching and logic operations.1-2 Otsuka3 has proposed a nonlinear antiresonant ring interferometer for realization of several optical functional devices. An all-optical fiber loop mirror is a guided wave version of this device and has the advantages of requiring no interferometric alignment and permitting ultrafast switching and low loss.
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