Staas & Halsey LLP
Optical gate device, manufacturing method for the device, and system including the device
Disclosed herein is a device including first and second optical couplers and a loop optical path. The first optical coupler includes first and second optical paths directionally coupled to each other. The loop optical path includes an optical fiber as a nonlinear optical medium, and connects the first and second optical paths. The second optical coupler includes a third optical path directionally coupled to the loop optical path. The optical fiber has an enough large nonlinear coefficient. The wording of &#8220;enough large&#8221; means that the nonlinear coefficient is large enough to reduce the length of the optical fiber to such an extent that the optical fiber has a polarization maintaining ability. By using such an optical fiber having an enough large nonlinear coefficient, a relatively short optical fiber can be used as the nonlinear optical medium.
Fujitsu Limited
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Shigeki
Watanabe