• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 4, Issue 8, 449 (2006)
Liwei Guo, Xue Feng, Yue Liu, and Xiaoming Liu
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  • Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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    Liwei Guo, Xue Feng, Yue Liu, Xiaoming Liu. A novel NOLM structure with nonreciprocal phase shift bias for power fluctuation reduction of pulse trains[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2006, 4(8): 449 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A novel nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) with a nonreciprocal phase shift bias (NPSB), called power equalization NOLM (PE-NOLM), is proposed for reducing the power fluctuation of pulse trains. NPSB provides part of the nonreciprocal phase difference so that the required input power is reduced, and nonsymmetrical coupling ratio of coupler can adjust the transmission curve to improve the equalization range. It has been shown theoretically that compared with earlier PE-NOLM, about 1.6 dB of equalization power reduction and about 2.2 dB of equalization range enhancement could be achieved. Experiments have demonstrated that the output power fluctuation is reduced to less than 0.4 dB, while the required input peak power range is 4.5 dBm (15.6-20.1 dBm).
    Liwei Guo, Xue Feng, Yue Liu, Xiaoming Liu. A novel NOLM structure with nonreciprocal phase shift bias for power fluctuation reduction of pulse trains[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2006, 4(8): 449
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