Title :
Ultrafast all-optical recirculating shift register with SOA-assisted Sagnac switch and SOA feedback
Author :
Houbavlis, T. ; Zoiros, K.E. ; Koukourlis, C.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Athens Nat. Tech. Univ., Greece
Abstract :
An all-optical shift register is demonstrated at 10 GHz and 10 Gb/s using a Sagnac interferometer with two semiconductor optical amplifiers for nonlinear switching and feedback amplification. Arbitrary pattern profiles could recirculate stably for hours.
Keywords :
Sagnac interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; laser feedback; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; shift registers; 10 GHz; 10 Gbit/s; SOA feedback; SOA-assisted Sagnac switch; Sagnac interferometer; feedback amplification; nonlinear switching; optical recirculating shift register; semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
