High-speed electrical switching in optical fibers [Invited]

• DOI: 10.1364/ao.50.000e65
• Publication Date: 2011-07-06T13:59:18Z
• Authors: Walter Margulis; Zhangwei Yu; Mikael Malmström; Patrik Rugeland; Harald Knape; Oleksandr Tarasenko
• Keywords: 0103 physical sciences; 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; 02 engineering and technology; 01 natural sciences

In this paper, we give an overview of recent results on switching light in fibers with internal electrodes. Polarization rotation, nanosecond gating, and wavelength fiber Bragg gratings long period are discussed. Applications exemplified Q-switching lasers RF-signal filtering.