DocumentCode
1970395
Title
All-optical ON-OFF switch using a single-mode Fabry-Perot laser diode
Author
Rakib-Uddin, M. ; Nakarmi, Bikash ; Hoai, Tran Q. ; Won, Yong Hyub
Author_Institution
Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
fYear
2010
fDate
8-12 Dec. 2010
Firstpage
673
Lastpage
674
Abstract
An all-optical ON-OFF switch is demonstrated using a single-mode Fabry-Perot laser diode. A 10 Gb/s data signal is switched ON and OFF with an extinction ratio of 15.4 dB. The rising and falling times of the switch were measured as 90 ps and 80 ps, respectively.
Keywords
amplitude shift keying; extinction coefficients; laser modes; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; data signal; extinction ratio; optical on-off switch; single-mode Fabry-Perot laser diode; Gain; Laser beams; Modulation; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Fabry-Perot laser diode; Injection locking; all-optical switch; gain modulation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2010 Asia
Conference_Location
Shanghai
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7111-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ACP.2010.5682683
Filename
5682683
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