DE69225096T2 - Verzerrungsarme optische Vorrichtung mit Schwelle - Google Patents

Verzerrungsarme optische Vorrichtung mit Schwelle

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DE69225096T2
DE69225096T2 DE69225096T DE69225096T DE69225096T2 DE 69225096 T2 DE69225096 T2 DE 69225096T2 DE 69225096 T DE69225096 T DE 69225096T DE 69225096 T DE69225096 T DE 69225096T DE 69225096 T2 DE69225096 T2 DE 69225096T2
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threshold
optical device
low distortion
distortion optical
low
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Hercules Avramopoulos
Paul Michael William French
M Christina Gabriel
Norman Ashton Whitaker
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AT&T Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/35—Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/3515—All-optical modulation, gating, switching, e.g. control of a light beam by another light beam
    • G02F1/3517—All-optical modulation, gating, switching, e.g. control of a light beam by another light beam using an interferometer
    • G02F1/3519—All-optical modulation, gating, switching, e.g. control of a light beam by another light beam using an interferometer of Sagnac type, i.e. nonlinear optical loop mirror [NOLM]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/25—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission
    • H04B10/2507—Arrangements specific to fibre transmission for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/293—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means
    • G02B6/29346—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means operating by wave or beam interference
    • G02B6/29347—Loop interferometers, e.g. Sagnac, loop mirror

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Optical Communication System (AREA)
DE69225096T 1991-07-05 1992-06-26 Verzerrungsarme optische Vorrichtung mit Schwelle Expired - Fee Related DE69225096T2 (de)

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US07/726,057 US5146517A (en) 1991-07-05 1991-07-05 Low distortion all-optical threshold device

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DE69225096T2 true DE69225096T2 (de) 1998-11-12

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EP (1) EP0521671B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2509051B2 (de)
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DE69225096D1 (de) 1998-05-20
EP0521671A3 (en) 1993-09-01
EP0521671B1 (de) 1998-04-15
US5146517A (en) 1992-09-08
JPH07303082A (ja) 1995-11-14
EP0521671A2 (de) 1993-01-07

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