Analytical study and effective control of all-optical switches in fiber lasers

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2021.168158
• Publication Date: 2021-10-18T20:19:48Z
• Authors: Weiwei Feng; Ligang Chen; Xin Zhang; Guoli Ma
• Keywords: Optical cross-connect; Optical burst switching

Abstract The all-optical switch is an important device in the all-optical network, and is widely used in optical network protection, network performance monitoring and testing. In this paper, all-optical switches in fiber lasers are investigated analytically. An effective method is suggested to control the related characteristics of all-optical switches through soliton interactions. The effects of corresponding parameters on the performance of all-optical switches are discussed in detail. Results of this paper is helpful to improve the all-optical switching speed and the work efficiency of the all-optical network in nonlinear optics.