Optical Bistability - IV
J. Phys. Colloques 49 (1988) C2-23-C2-27
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1988206
OPTICAL SWITCHING IN GLASS FIBERS : EXPERIMENTS
P.W. SMITHBellcore, 331 Newman Springs Road, Red Bank, NJ 07701, U.S.A.
Abstract
In this paper we discuss the reasons behind the current interest in all-optical switching and signal-processing, review recent progress in glass fiber devices, and describe some new results on a 2-core fiber nonlinear coupler device which has the fastest switching time ever measured for any switching device.