A quantum-mechanical study of optical regenerators based on nonlinear-loop mirrors

Giacomo M. D'Ariano; Prem Kumar

doi:10.1109/68.669331

A quantum-mechanical study of optical regenerators based on nonlinear-loop mirrors

Giacomo M. D'Ariano^*, Prem Kumar

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We present a quantum-mechanical analysis of a nonlinear interferometer that achieves optical switching via cross-phase modulation (XPM) resulting from the Kerr effect. We show how it performs as a very precise optical regenerator, highly improving the transmitted bit-error rate (BER) in the presence of loss.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	699-701
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	10
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/68.669331
State	Published - May 1998

Keywords

Nonlinear optics
Optical Kerr effect
Optical fiber communications
Optical repeaters
Optical switches
Quantum theory
Time-division multiplexing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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