TY - JOUR
T1 - Lossless all-optical phase gate using a polarization-division Sagnac interferometer applicable to a waveguide-type Kerr medium
AU - Matsuda, Nobuyuki
AU - Mitsumori, Yasuyoshi
AU - Kosaka, Hideo
AU - Edamatsu, Keiichi
AU - Shimizu, Ryosuke
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to Professor K. Koshino, Professor H. Ishihara, Professor H. Yokoyama, and Professor M. Nakazawa for fruitful discussions and encouragement. This research was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Creative Scientific Research (No. 17GS1204) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - We propose an apparatus that realizes direct observation of nonlinear phase shifts induced by cross-phase modulation. The apparatus is based on a polarization-division Sagnac interferometer incorporating Faraday rotators, which, in principle, enables phase robustness, flexibility, and lossless operation. Here, we present the measurement of nonlinear phase shifts in a photonic crystal fiber, demonstrating the advantage of our system in its application to waveguide-type Kerr media. This apparatus is applicable to lossless all-optical phase gates and switches.
AB - We propose an apparatus that realizes direct observation of nonlinear phase shifts induced by cross-phase modulation. The apparatus is based on a polarization-division Sagnac interferometer incorporating Faraday rotators, which, in principle, enables phase robustness, flexibility, and lossless operation. Here, we present the measurement of nonlinear phase shifts in a photonic crystal fiber, demonstrating the advantage of our system in its application to waveguide-type Kerr media. This apparatus is applicable to lossless all-optical phase gates and switches.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.2801697
DO - 10.1063/1.2801697
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:35548939867
SN - 0003-6951
VL - 91
JO - Applied Physics Letters
JF - Applied Physics Letters
IS - 17
M1 - 171119
ER -