Title :
All-Optical Reshaping Based on a Passive Saturable Absorber Microcavity Device for Future 160-Gb/s Applications
Author :
Fatome, Julien ; Pitois, Stéphane ; Kamagate, Aladji ; Millot, Guy ; Massoubre, David ; Oudar, Jean-Louis
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Phys., Bourgogne Univ., Dijon
Abstract :
A vertical-access passive all-optical switching gate has been used to regenerate the zero levels of a "...01010101..." 160-Gb/s bit pattern at 1561 nm. Autocorrelation function measurements show that an extinction up to 11.7 dB of the "ghost-pulses" can be achieved
Keywords :
microcavities; optical repeaters; optical saturable absorption; optical switches; 1561 nm; 160 Gbit/s; all-optical reshaping; autocorrelation function; passive all-optical switching gate; passive saturable absorber microcavity; Autocorrelation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Microcavities; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Autocorrelation; Fabry–Pérot microcavity; nonlinear optics; optical 2R regeneration; optical communication; saturable absorber (SA); switching gate; ultrashort pulses;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2006.890768
