Ultrafast all-optical switching using highly nonlinear chalcogenide glass fiber
- 1 April 1992
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- Vol. 4 (4), 362-365
- https://doi.org/10.1109/68.127214
Abstract
Ultrafast all-optical switching with a switching power of 14 W was demonstrated in a Kerr shutter configuration using a single-mode As/sub 2/S/sub 3/-based glass fiber only 48 cm long. The nonlinear refractive index of the fiber was evaluated from the switching characteristics to be n/sub 2/=4.2*10/sup -14/ (cm/sup 2//W), which is higher by two orders of magnitude than silica glass fiber.<>Keywords
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