%0 Journal Article %1 WOS:000080678000022 %A Lima, JLS %A Sombra, ASB %C PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS %D 1999 %I ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV %J OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS %K decreasing dispersion fiber; quasi-soliton regime} {soliton; %N 4-6 %P 292-300 %R 10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00148-0 %T Soliton and quasi-soliton switching in nonlinear optical loop mirror constructed from dispersion decreasing fiber %V 163 %X The performance of a standard nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) device and the NOLM constructed with a dispersion decreasing fiber (DDF) operating in the soliton and quasi-soliton regime is investigated numerically. Results showed that the soliton regime present best behavior when compared with the quasi-soliton regime. One concludes that operating the NOLM in the soliton regime, the first, second and third transmission maxim could be obtained with low pump power compared with the quasi-soliton regime. It was also observed that in the basic NOLM device, the output pulse duration is very dependent on length of the fiber. In the quasi-soliton regime, the transmitted pulse present strong shaping effects (compression). However, in the soliton regime, the transmitted pulses present fewer fluctuations in the time duration with pump power. The output pulse duration present more stability with a bigger time duration (C = 0.6), Our simulations considering four different profiles, linear, hyperbolic, exponential and Gaussian conclude that, on average, the hyperbolic profile gives the lowest pump power for the first, second and third transmission peaks of transmission compared with the other profiles. The Gaussian profile presents the worse behavior. It was also observed that with a proper choice of the dispersion profile we could have a transmitted pulse with no distortion in the soliton regime. For the quasi-soliton regime, strong compression was observed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

@article{WOS:000080678000022, abstract = {The performance of a standard nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) device and the NOLM constructed with a dispersion decreasing fiber (DDF) operating in the soliton and quasi-soliton regime is investigated numerically. Results showed that the soliton regime present best behavior when compared with the quasi-soliton regime. One concludes that operating the NOLM in the soliton regime, the first, second and third transmission maxim could be obtained with low pump power compared with the quasi-soliton regime. It was also observed that in the basic NOLM device, the output pulse duration is very dependent on length of the fiber. In the quasi-soliton regime, the transmitted pulse present strong shaping effects (compression). However, in the soliton regime, the transmitted pulses present fewer fluctuations in the time duration with pump power. The output pulse duration present more stability with a bigger time duration (C = 0.6), Our simulations considering four different profiles, linear, hyperbolic, exponential and Gaussian conclude that, on average, the hyperbolic profile gives the lowest pump power for the first, second and third transmission peaks of transmission compared with the other profiles. The Gaussian profile presents the worse behavior. It was also observed that with a proper choice of the dispersion profile we could have a transmitted pulse with no distortion in the soliton regime. For the quasi-soliton regime, strong compression was observed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.}, added-at = {2022-05-23T20:00:14.000+0200}, address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS}, author = {Lima, JLS and Sombra, ASB}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26cfc37c07b8c2f086f129ded340b91f1/ppgfis_ufc_br}, doi = {10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00148-0}, interhash = {b1a614e5bb4bea56d52dfe35a8770178}, intrahash = {6cfc37c07b8c2f086f129ded340b91f1}, issn = {0030-4018}, journal = {OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS}, keywords = {decreasing dispersion fiber; quasi-soliton regime} {soliton;}, number = {4-6}, pages = {292-300}, publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV}, pubstate = {published}, timestamp = {2022-05-23T20:00:14.000+0200}, title = {Soliton and quasi-soliton switching in nonlinear optical loop mirror constructed from dispersion decreasing fiber}, tppubtype = {article}, volume = 163, year = 1999 }