Abstract

In a recent paper ^[1] we demonstrated an all-optical demultiplexer using a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) in which a signal at one wavelength is used to switch a signal at a different wavelength ^[2], ^[3]. The switching signal in that case was generated from a modelocked Nd-YAG laser at 1.32um operating at 76 MHz and the switched signal was a gain switched DFB laser operating at 1.56um at 1 GHz. The purpose of this present work is to extend the optical switching into the gigabit regime while, at the same time, avoiding high power laser systems.

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