We present a novel technique to achieve polarization insensitive all-optical demultiplexing using standard dispersion shifted fibers in a nonlinear optical loop mirror. A polarization dependence of /spl plusmn/0.2 dB is reported with no power penalty due to change in polarization.
Published in:
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
(Volume:9
,
Issue:
6
)
Date of Publication: June 1997