Title :
A reconfigurable and regenerative memory for optical phase bits
Author :
Garbin, B. ; Javaloyes, Julien ; Tissoni, G. ; Barland, S.
Author_Institution :
Inst. Non Lineaire de Nice, Univ. de Nice, Valbonne, France
Abstract :
Future optical networks will require processing of phase and not only intensity encoded information. We demonstrate the regeneration and storage of optical phase bits in an experimental device based on semiconductor laser with coherent optical injection and delayed retro-action.
Keywords :
optical repeaters; optical storage; semiconductor lasers; coherent optical injection; delayed retro-action; optical phase bits; reconfigurable memory; regenerative memory; semiconductor laser; Cavity resonators; Laser beams; Optical buffering; Optical feedback; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Optical solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964174
