• DocumentCode
    2697065
  • 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
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    12-14 Sept. 2003
  • Firstpage
    154
  • Lastpage
    157
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optoelectronics, Proceedings of the Sixth Chinese Symposium
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7887-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/COS.2003.1278189
  • Filename
    1278189