Abstract

We demonstrate a hybrid time-domain chirp switch (TDCS) in which the nonlinear chirper is an AlGaAs waveguide and the soliton dispersive delay line is a polarization-maintaining fiber. The hybrid TDCS can restore timing in a switching or transmission system, and when combined with an optical amplifier, it can act as an ultrafast, all-optical regenerator for soliton pulses. The timing restoration concept is applicable to other nonlinear materials with negligible walk-off, and the acceptable time window can be tailored by adjusting the width and intensity of a reference pulse.

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All-optical time-domain chirp switches

M. N. Islam, C.-J. Chen, and C. E. Soccolich
Opt. Lett. 16(7) 484-486 (1991)

Prechirper to relax the timing restrictions for soliton-dragging logic gates

M. N. Islam, C. E. Soccolich, C.-J. Chen, U.-C. Paek, C. M. Schroeder, D. J. DiGiovanni, and J. R. Simpson
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Chirp mechanisms in soliton-dragging logic gates

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