Bidirectional all-optical switches based on highly nonlinear optical fibers. (11th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Wenjun; Yang, Chunyu; Liu, Mengli; Yu, Weitian; Zhang, Yujia; Lei, Ming; Wei, Zhiyi
• Is Part Of: Europhysics letters. Volume 118:Number 3(2017:May)
• Publication Date: 2017-07-11
• Subjects: 42.65.Tg -- 42.81.Dp; Physics -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 530.05
• DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/118/34004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0295-5075

Abstract

Abstract: All-optical switches have become one of the research focuses of nonlinear optics due to their fast switching speed. They have been applied in such fields as ultrafast optics, all-optical communication and all-optical networks. In this paper, based on symbolic computation, bidirectional all-optical switches are presented using analytic two-soliton solutions. Various types of soliton interactions are analyzed through choosing the different parameters of high-order dispersion and nonlinearity. Results indicate that bidirectional all-optical switches can be effectively achieved using highly nonlinear optical fibers.