Author :
Le, Q.T. ; Bramerie, L. ; Lobo, S. ; Gay, M. ; Joindot, M. ; Simon, J.C. ; Poudoulec, A. ; Van der Keur, M. ; Devemy, C. ; Massoubre, D. ; Oudar, J.L. ; Aubin, G. ; Shen, A. ; Decobert, J.
Abstract :
The first pigtailed saturable absorber chip has been implemented with eight independent fibres using a simple coupling technique. This device provides full WDM regeneration compatibility, which has been experimentally demonstrated at 42.6 Gbit/s.
Keywords :
microcavities; optical communication equipment; optical fibre couplers; optical resonators; optical saturable absorption; quantum well devices; wavelength division multiplexing; 2R regeneration device; WDM; bit rate 42.6 Gbit/s; coupling technique; eight-channel saturable absorber module; pigtailed saturable absorber chip;
