Experimental investigation of the nonlinear optical loop mirror with highly twisted low-birefringence fiber and a quarter-wave plate

F. Guterrez-Zainos; Evgueni Anatolevich Kuzin; Baldemar Ibarra Escamilla; U. Ruiz-Corona; Olivier Pottiez

doi:10.1117/12.592179

21 October 2004 Experimental investigation of the nonlinear optical loop mirror with highly twisted low-birefringence fiber and a quarter-wave plate

F. Guterrez-Zainos, Evgueni Anatolevich Kuzin, Baldemar Ibarra Escamilla, U. Ruiz-Corona, Olivier Pottiez

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Proceedings Volume 5622, 5th Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics and 8th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.592179
Event: 5th Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics and 8th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications, 2004, Porlamar, Venezuela

Abstract

We experimentally investigated the transmission variation of a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM). We analyzed the transmission evolution of the NOLM based on the input intensity. The NOLM is formed by a symmetrical coupler, 500 m of highly twisted low-birefringence fiber and a quarter-wave retarder plate in the loop. If we rotate the quarter-wave retarder plate is possible to change the transmission behavior. Using circular polarization of the input beam is possible to get a high contrast between the maximum and minimum of the transmission. With this characteristic, we have the possibility to reduce the amplitude fluctuations and the pedestal in a train of optical pulses.

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F. Guterrez-Zainos, Evgueni Anatolevich Kuzin, Baldemar Ibarra Escamilla, U. Ruiz-Corona, and Olivier Pottiez "Experimental investigation of the nonlinear optical loop mirror with highly twisted low-birefringence fiber and a quarter-wave plate", Proc. SPIE 5622, 5th Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics and 8th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications, (21 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.592179

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