• DocumentCode
    2924023
  • Title

    SOA based all-optical threshold

  • Author

    Parolari, Paola ; Marazzi, Lucia ; Connen, M. ; Martinelli, Mario

  • Author_Institution
    CoreCom, Milan, Italy
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    7-12 May 2000
  • Firstpage
    309
  • Lastpage
    310
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given.The aim of this communication is to present an all-optical threshold device based on cross-gain modulation (XGM) in SOA´s. The simple scheme we are proposing employs two semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA) optical inverters in a feedback configuration, leading to an all-optical circuit which operates both as threshold and comparator. Analysis of the device operation and further experimentations are presented and discussed.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; light interferometers; optical information processing; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA optical inverters; all-optical circuit; all-optical threshold; all-optical threshold device; comparator; cross-gain modulation; feedback configuration; semiconductor optical amplifiers; threshold; Bit rate; Couplers; Delay; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Power generation; Power measurement; Ring lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Shape;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-634-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2000.907050
  • Filename
    907050