Transmission of a broadband light through a fiber optic loop: effect of nonlinear refractive index

Authors

ERKIN ZAKHIDOV
ABDUMUTALLIB KOKHKHAROV
FARRUKH MIRTAGJIEV
SHERZOD NEMATOV
ILKHOM TODJIBOEV
OLGA TRUNILINA

DOI

10.3906/fiz-1306-6

Abstract

The results of studies of broadband light transmission through a fiber loop and a double loop under the effect of nonlinear refractive index are presented in this paper. Fiber loop and double loop transmission/reflection vs. a coupler splitting ratio at various powers of the light with a spectral width of approximately 35 nm are studied and high efficient nonlinear light switching is demonstrated. It is shown that a double loop formed by consecutive connecting 2 fiber loops allows us to exclude the strong spectral dependence of light transmission/reflection and to distribute input light equally between them. Such all-fiber devices can find a real application in broadband systems of optical communication and data processing.

Keywords

Fiber loop, double loop, directional coupler, optical Kerr effect, nonlinear optical switch

First Page

64

Last Page

72

Recommended Citation

ZAKHIDOV, ERKIN; KOKHKHAROV, ABDUMUTALLIB; MIRTAGJIEV, FARRUKH; NEMATOV, SHERZOD; TODJIBOEV, ILKHOM; and TRUNILINA, OLGA (2014) "Transmission of a broadband light through a fiber optic loop: effect of nonlinear refractive index," Turkish Journal of Physics: Vol. 38: No. 1, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.3906/fiz-1306-6
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/physics/vol38/iss1/7