Title :
All-Optical Packet Envelope Detector based on a slow Vertical-Cavity Semiconductor Gate
Author :
Porzi, Claudio ; Calabretta, Nicola ; Fresi, Francesco ; Poti, Luca ; Bogoni, Antonella ; Guina, Mircea ; Okhotnikhov, Oleg
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa
Abstract :
A novel all-optical packet envelope detector based on a slow saturable absorber is demonstrated. A contrast ratio as high as 15 dB and a guard time below 5 ns is measured for the extracted signal.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical sensors; photodetectors; all-optical detector; optical networks; packet envelope detector; slow saturable absorber; ultrafast technologies; vertical-cavity semiconductor gate; Envelope detectors; High speed optical techniques; Mirrors; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Payloads; Probes; Quantum well devices; Reflectivity; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Internet and Next Generation Network, 2006. COIN-NGNCON 2006. The Joint International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jeju
Print_ISBN :
978-89-955301-4-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-89-955301-4-6
DOI :
10.1109/COINNGNCON.2006.4454612
