Title :
Timing jitter reduction by all-optical regeneration using a polarization bistable VCSEL
Author :
Mori, Takashi ; Sato, Yuuki ; Yamayoshi, Yasuhiro ; Kawaguchi, Hitoshi
Author_Institution :
CREST, Japan Sci. & Technol. Agency, Tokyo
Abstract :
All-optical signal regeneration was experimentally demonstrated using a polarization bistable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser. The timing jitter of the regenerated signal was reduced by optimizing injection power of a clock pulse for retiming operation.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical bistability; optical information processing; surface emitting lasers; timing jitter; all-optical signal regeneration; injection power optimization; polarization bistable VCSEL; polarization bistable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; retiming operation; timing jitter reduction; Clocks; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Pulse modulation; Repeaters; Surface emitting lasers; Timing jitter; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (070.4340) Nonlinear optical signal processing; (190.1450) Bistability; (230.1150) All-optical devices; (250.7260) Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628370
