Title :
Optical signal processing via two-photon absorption in a semiconductor microcavity for the next generation of high-speed optical communications network
Author :
Maguire, P.J. ; Barry, L.P. ; Krug, T. ; Guo, W.H. ; O´Dowd, J. ; Lynch, M. ; Bradley, A.L. ; Donegan, J.F. ; Folliot, H.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Ireland
fDate :
7/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Due to the introduction of new broadband services, individual line data rates are expected to exceed 100 Gb/s in the near future. To operate at these high speeds, new optical signal processing techniques will have to be developed. This paper will demonstrate that two-photon absorption in a specially designed semiconductor microcavity is an ideal candidate for optical signal processing applications such as autocorrelation, sampling, and demultiplexing in high-speed wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) and hybrid WDM/optical time-division-multiplexed networks.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; high-speed optical techniques; microcavities; optical communication equipment; optical correlation; optical fibre networks; signal sampling; time division multiplexing; two-photon spectra; wavelength division multiplexing; 100 Gbit/s; autocorrelation; broadband services; demultiplexing; high-speed optical network; hybrid WDM; optical communications network; optical signal processing; optical time-division multiplexing; sampling; semiconductor microcavity; two-photon absorption; wavelength-division multiplexing; Absorption; Autocorrelation; Microcavities; Next generation networking; Optical design; Optical fiber communication; Optical signal processing; Signal design; Signal sampling; Wavelength division multiplexing; Hybrid WDM/OTDM; microcavity; optical communications; optical sampling; optical time division multiplexing; two-photon absorption;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2006.875202
