A quantum-mechanical study of optical regenerators based on nonlinear-loop mirrors
Quantum Physics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We present a quantum-mechanical analysis of a nonlinear interferometer that achieves optical switching via cross-phase modulation resulting from the Kerr effect. We show how it performs as a very precise optical regenerator, highly improving the transmitted bit-error rate in the presence of loss.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9801063,
title = {A quantum-mechanical study of optical regenerators based on nonlinear-loop mirrors},
author = {Giacomo M. D'Ariano and Prem Kumar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9801063},
year = {2009}
}
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420KB tar file, including 5 eps figures. To appear on IEEE Photonics Technology Letters