Title :
Investigation of speed and thermal limitations in microcavity saturable absorber all-optical regenerator device
Author :
Massoubre, D. ; Oudar, J.L. ; Slien, A. ; Decobert, J. ; O´Hare, A. ; Bramerie, L.
Author_Institution :
LPN-CNRS, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
A theoretical modelling and a characterization procedure is developed for measuring the thermal limitations of ultrafast saturable absorber devices and their effects on the device switching characteristics is presented. This is an essential step towards the development of improved devices better suited for higher bit rate optical data processing.
Keywords :
microcavities; optical repeaters; optical saturable absorption; optical switches; all-optical regenerator device; device switching characteristics; higher bit rate optical data processing; microcavity saturable absorber; speed limitation; thermal limitation; ultrafast saturable absorber devices; Bit rate; Microcavities; Mirrors; Optical devices; Optical saturation; Repeaters; Resonance; Temperature; Thermal conductivity; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568045
