%0 Conference Paper %1 WOS:000089938100050 %A Lima, JLS %A Sombra, ASB %B 1999 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE AND OPTOELECTRONICS CONFERENCE, PROCEEDINGS, VOLS 1 & 2: WIRELESS AND PHOTONICS BUILDING THE GLOBAL INFOWAYS %C 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA %D 1999 %E Fragnito, HE HernandezFigueroa and HL %I IEEE %K (DDF)} (NOLM); decreasing dispersion fiber loop mirror optical soliton switching; {nonlinear %P 222-224 %T Ultrafast optical switching in a nonlinear loop mirror (NOLM) constructed from dispersion decreasing fiber (DDF) %X The performance of a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) device constructed with a dispersion decreasing fiber (DDF) operating in the soliton and quasi-soliton regime is investigated numerically. Results showed that the soliton regime present best behavior when compared with the quasi-soliton regime. In the quasi-soliton regime, the transmitted pulse present strong shaping effects (compression). However in the soliton regime, the transmitted pulses present fewer fluctuations in the time duration with pump power. Our simulations considering four different profiles, linear, hyperbolic, exponential and Gaussian conclude that, in average, the hyperbolic profile gives the lowest pump power for the first, second and third transmission peaks of transmission comparing with the other profiles. The Gaussian profile presents the worse behavior. It was also observed that with a proper choice of the dispersion profile we could have a transmitted pulse with no distortion in the soliton regime. For the quasi-soliton regime, strong compression was observed. %@ 0-7803-5807-4

@inproceedings{WOS:000089938100050, abstract = {The performance of a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) device constructed with a dispersion decreasing fiber (DDF) operating in the soliton and quasi-soliton regime is investigated numerically. Results showed that the soliton regime present best behavior when compared with the quasi-soliton regime. In the quasi-soliton regime, the transmitted pulse present strong shaping effects (compression). However in the soliton regime, the transmitted pulses present fewer fluctuations in the time duration with pump power. Our simulations considering four different profiles, linear, hyperbolic, exponential and Gaussian conclude that, in average, the hyperbolic profile gives the lowest pump power for the first, second and third transmission peaks of transmission comparing with the other profiles. The Gaussian profile presents the worse behavior. It was also observed that with a proper choice of the dispersion profile we could have a transmitted pulse with no distortion in the soliton regime. For the quasi-soliton regime, strong compression was observed.}, added-at = {2022-05-23T20:00:14.000+0200}, address = {345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA}, author = {Lima, JLS and Sombra, ASB}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2819a63cb26caed3e2e0423ddf3027de7/ppgfis_ufc_br}, booktitle = {1999 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE AND OPTOELECTRONICS CONFERENCE, PROCEEDINGS, VOLS 1 & 2: WIRELESS AND PHOTONICS BUILDING THE GLOBAL INFOWAYS}, editor = {Fragnito, HE {HernandezFigueroa and HL}}, interhash = {f01d9200fee6f98483f02a853c708cda}, intrahash = {819a63cb26caed3e2e0423ddf3027de7}, isbn = {0-7803-5807-4}, keywords = {(DDF)} (NOLM); decreasing dispersion fiber loop mirror optical soliton switching; {nonlinear}, note = {1999 SMBO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, RIO JANEIRO, BRAZIL, AUG 09-12, 1999}, organization = {Soc Brasileira Microondas & Optoelectr; IEEE}, pages = {222-224}, publisher = {IEEE}, pubstate = {published}, timestamp = {2022-05-23T20:00:14.000+0200}, title = {Ultrafast optical switching in a nonlinear loop mirror (NOLM) constructed from dispersion decreasing fiber (DDF)}, tppubtype = {inproceedings}, year = 1999 }