All-optical switching in Sagnac loop mirror containing an ytterbium-doped fiber and fiber Bragg grating.

A configuration of all-optical switching based on a Signac loop mirror that incorporates an ytterbium-doped fiber and uniform fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is proposed in this paper. It is found that the transmission spectrum of this structure is the narrow splitting of the reflection spectrum of the FBG. The shift of this ultranarrow transmission spectrum is very sensitive to the intensity of the pump power. Thus, the threshold switching power can be greatly reduced by shifting such narrow transmission spectrum. Compared with the single FBG, the threshold switching power of this configuration is reduced by 4 orders of magnitude. In addition, the results indicate that this optical switching has a high extinction ratio of 20 dB and a ultrafast response time of 3 ns. The operation regime and switching performance under the cross-phase modulation cases are also investigated.

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