Title :
Ultrahigh speed all-optical demultiplexing based on two-photon absorption in a laser diode
Author :
Thomsen, B.C. ; Barry, L.P. ; Dudley, J.M. ; Harvey, J.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Auckland Univ., New Zealand
fDate :
9/17/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors describe how the nonlinear process of two-photon absorption in a commercial laser diode may be used for all-optical demultiplexing in terabit per second optical time division multiplexing networks. Switching windows of 650 fs in duration have been observed, with corresponding switching energies of a few picojoules
Keywords :
demultiplexing; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre networks; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; two-photon processes; laser diode; nonlinear process; optical time division multiplexing network; switching energy; switching window; two-photon absorption; ultrahigh speed all-optical demultiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19981300
