Title :
10 Gbit/s all-optical pulse discriminator using a high-speed saturable absorber optical gate
Author :
Hirano, A. ; Kobayashi, H. ; Tsuda, H. ; Takahashi, R. ; Sato, K. ; Hagimoto, K.
Author_Institution :
NTT Opt. Network Syst. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Improvement of operating speed of an all-optical regenerator based on a high-speed saturable absorber optical gate is achieved by reducing the thickness of the InGaAs-InAlAs:Be strained MQW layer. 10 Gbit/s all-optical pulse discrimination has been successfully demonstrated
Keywords :
indium compounds; 10 Gbit/s; Gbit/s all-optical pulse discrimination; Gbit/s all-optical pulse discriminator; InGaAs-InAlAs:Be; InGaAs-InAlAs:Be strained MQW layer thickness reduction; all-optical regenerator; high-speed saturable absorber optical gate; operating speed;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971425
