• DocumentCode
    1095603
  • Title

    Enhanced recovery rates in semiconductor laser amplifiers using optical pumping

  • Author

    Manning, R.J. ; Davies, D.A.O. ; Cotter, S. ; Lucek, J.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Networks Res. Div., BT Labs., Ipswich
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    5/12/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    787
  • Lastpage
    788
  • Abstract
    The authors show that gain recovery times of ~10 ps are achievable in semiconductor laser amplifiers using an optical beam to speed the gain recovery rate. This technique should permit high data rate (up to 100 Gbit/s) all optical signal processing applications (e.g. demultiplexing, clock recovery)
  • Keywords
    demultiplexing; optical information processing; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; 10 ps; 100 Gbit/s; clock recovery; demultiplexing; gain recovery times; high data rate; optical beam; optical pumping; optical signal processing applications; recovery rate enhancement; semiconductor laser amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940536
  • Filename
    289228