All-Optical Switching of Supercontinuum Spectra

authored by

O. Melchert, A. Tajalli, A. Pape, R. Arkhipov, S. Willms, I. Babushkin, D. Skryabin, G. Steinmeyer, U. Morgner, A. Demircan

Abstract

We discuss an efficient all-optical switching scheme with ultrafast switching times and high switching contrast which satisfies fan-out [1], one difficult challenge to be met in all optical computing. To this end, a nonlinear interaction mechanism provides a means to control light by light [2], [3], realizing switching between different parts of soliton-fission induced supercontinuum spectra. The experimental setup employed a NL-PM-750 photonic crystal fiber (NKT Photonics), and the complementing numerical simulations were performed using a generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation [1], [3].

Organisation(s)

PhoenixD: Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines
Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies (HOT)
Institute of Quantum Optics

External Organisation(s)

Saint Petersburg State University
University of Bath
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy im Forschungsbund Berlin e.V. (MBI)

Type

Conference contribution

Publication date

2021

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

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

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC52157.2021.9541569 (Access: Closed)