DocumentCode
422053
Title
Ultrafast all-optical recirculating shift register with SOA-assisted Sagnac switch and SOA feedback
Author
Houbavlis, T. ; Zoiros, K.E. ; Koukourlis, C.S.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Athens Nat. Tech. Univ., Greece
Volume
1
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
An all-optical shift register is demonstrated at 10 GHz and 10 Gb/s using a Sagnac interferometer with two semiconductor optical amplifiers for nonlinear switching and feedback amplification. Arbitrary pattern profiles could recirculate stably for hours.
Keywords
Sagnac interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; laser feedback; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; shift registers; 10 GHz; 10 Gbit/s; SOA feedback; SOA-assisted Sagnac switch; Sagnac interferometer; feedback amplification; nonlinear switching; optical recirculating shift register; semiconductor optical amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1361518
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