A quantum-mechanical study of optical regenerators based on nonlinear-loop mirrors
arXiv:quant-ph/9801063 · doi:10.1109/68.669331
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.
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