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Frontiers in Optics

Leveraging Birefringence and Gain Anisotropy in a Nonlinear Fabry-Perot Resonator to Achieve a High-Contrast Optical AND Gate

Saif A. Al Graiti, Drew N. Maywar

Published Jan 1, 2016• 0 citations
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Abstract

A 60.9-degree polarization rotation on the Poincare sphere produced by the anisotropic response of a nonlinear Fabry-Perot resonator is leveraged with an in-line polarizer to achieve a 31.2-dB-contrast optical AND gate.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2016.ftu3i.5

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