Optical Flip-Flop Memory and Routing Operation Based on Polarization Bistability in Optical Fiber

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TitreOptical Flip-Flop Memory and Routing Operation Based on Polarization Bistability in Optical Fiber
Type de publicationConference Paper
Year of Publication2014
AuteursBony P.-Y, Guasoni M., Assemat E., Pitois S., Sugny D., Picozzi A., Jauslin H.-R, Fatome J.
Conference Name2014 EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON OPTICAL COMMUNICATION (ECOC)
PublisherIEEE
Conference Location345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA
Résumé

A polarization bistability and hysteresis cycle phenomenon is demonstrated in optical fibers thanks to a counter-propagating four-wave mixing interaction. Based on this process, we successfully report the proof-of-principle of an optical flip-flop memory and a 10-Gbit/s routing operation.