Title :
An all-optical on/off switch using a multi-wavelength mutual injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diode
Author :
Lui, L. F K ; Chan, L.Y. ; Wai, P.K.A. ; Moses, B. ; Chung, W.H. ; Tam, H.Y. ; Demokan, M.S.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. Center, Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., China
Abstract :
All-optical on/off switch is demonstrated using multi-wavelength injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diode. A 10 Gb/s data signal is switched on and off with an extinction ratio of -16 dB measured in spectrum domain by an optical control signal.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; laser mode locking; optical control; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; 10 Gbit/s; all-optical on/off switch; multi-wavelength Fabry-Perot laser diode; mutual injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diode; optical control signal; Diode lasers; Fabry-Perot; High speed optical techniques; Injection-locked oscillators; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Packet switching; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optoelectronics, Proceedings of the Sixth Chinese Symposium
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7887-3
DOI :
10.1109/COS.2003.1278189
