DocumentCode
1057262
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
Volume
19
Issue
4
fYear
2007
Firstpage
245
Lastpage
247
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2006.890768
Filename
4077848
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