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All-optical buffer and shaper based on complex-modulated long-period-grating coupler and self-closed fiber loop

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We propose a novel all-optical buffer and shaper based on the adjustable power transferring characteristics of the complex-modulated long-period-grating coupler (CM-LPGC) and the multiple circulations of the self-closed fiber loop. By turning on the external optical pumps, the signals can be stored by utilizing the nonreciprocal power transferring of the CM-LPGC. When the buffer time is satisfied, the signals can be extracted discretionarily by turning off the external optical pumps. In addition, by controlling the spectral bandwidth of the CM-LPGC, the temporal rectangular pulse can be obtained by reshaping the Gaussian input signal.

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  1. College of Information Engineering, North China University of Technology, Beijing, 100144, China

    Xiao-wei Dong  (董小伟) & Wen-kai Liu  (刘文楷)

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This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.61007007, 11002018 and 61101110).

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Dong, Xw., Liu, Wk. All-optical buffer and shaper based on complex-modulated long-period-grating coupler and self-closed fiber loop. Optoelectron. Lett. 8, 418–421 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-012-2286-6

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