All-optical on–off switch based on bismu
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K. K. Qureshi; P. K. A. Wai; H. Y. Tam; L. Chao; N. Sugimoto
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract We propose a simple and compact all‐optical on–off switch working at 10 Gb/s. The operation of the switch is based on four‐wave mixing in only 1.9 m of bismuth‐based highly nonlinear fiber. The proposed switch has a fast response time, high ON/OFF switching ratio, and potential to work