DocumentCode
2863798
Title
Performance limits of delay lines based on optical amplifiers
Author
Khurgin, Jacob B.
Author_Institution
Dept. of ECE, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Performance of tunable buffers based on optical amplifiers and its improvement using gain flattening is analyzed. A simple analytical expression indicates that to store more than a couple of bits unrealistically high gain is required.
Keywords
laser beams; optical delay lines; optical fibre amplifiers; gain flattening; optical delay lines; optical fiber amplifiers; tunable buffers; Delay lines; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical buffering; Optical packet switching; Optical scattering; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; (070.4560) Optical data processing; (140.4480) Optical amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627775
Filename
4627775
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