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Chinese Physics, 2004, Vol. 13(7): 1046-1051    DOI: 10.1088/1009-1963/13/7/014
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An all-optical switch of Mach-Zehnder interferometer type using an active fibre ring resonator

Li Jun-Qing (李俊庆)a, Alireza Bananeja, Li Qiang-Hua (励强华)ab, Chen Qiang (陈强)a, Li Chun-Fei (李淳飞)a
a Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China; b Department of Physics, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150080, China
Abstract  We propose an all-optical switch of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer type using an active nonlinear ring resonator and analyse the significance of the parameter A, a product of gain and total loss, for performing an ideal 1 by 2 switch. We found that in the range of $1-\kappa\leq A\leq \sqrt{1-\kappa}$, the increment of A can compensate the losses inside the ring, therefore increase the finesse of the ring and enhance the nonlinearity contribution to reduce the switching power threshold effectively. We also emphasize the importance of the initial switching point and discuss the feasibility of utilizing a high-nonlinear fibre in the ring.
Keywords:  optical switching      fibre-optical devices      interferometer  
Received:  27 August 2003      Revised:  06 November 2003      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  42.65.Pc (Optical bistability, multistability, and switching, including local field effects)  
  42.79.Sz (Optical communication systems, multiplexers, and demultiplexers?)  
  07.60.Ly (Interferometers)  
  42.81.Wg (Other fiber-optical devices)  
  42.81.Dp (Propagation, scattering, and losses; solitons)  
Fund: Project supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Harbin Institute of Technology (Grant No HIT200250).

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Li Jun-Qing (李俊庆), Alireza Bananej, Li Qiang-Hua (励强华), Chen Qiang (陈强), Li Chun-Fei (李淳飞) An all-optical switch of Mach-Zehnder interferometer type using an active fibre ring resonator 2004 Chinese Physics 13 1046

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