• DocumentCode
    1066932
  • Title

    Fast all-optical switching using two-section injection-locked semiconductor lasers

  • Author

    Weich, K. ; Patzak, E. ; Horer, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    3/17/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    493
  • Lastpage
    494
  • Abstract
    Clocked decision, retiming and pulse shaping as well as wavelength conversion (32 nm) is demonstrated at 2.5 and 5 Gbit/s with bistable semiconductor lasers. It is also shown that switching is possible at 10 Gbit/s using the same mechanism
  • Keywords
    clocks; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; optical bistability; optical frequency conversion; optical saturable absorption; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; 5 Gbit/s; bistable semiconductor lasers; clocked decision; fast all-optical switching; pulse shaping; retiming; saturable absorber; two-section injection-locked semiconductor lasers; wavelength conversion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940329
  • Filename
    280548