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arxiv: quant-ph/9801063 · v1 · submitted 1998-01-27 · 🪐 quant-ph

A quantum-mechanical study of optical regenerators based on nonlinear-loop mirrors

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keywords opticalquantum-mechanicalachievesanalysisbit-errorcross-phaseeffecthighly
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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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