Title :
High speed, high switching contrast quantum well saturable absorber for 160 Gbit/s operation
Author :
Massoubre, D. ; Oudar, J.L. ; Aubin, G. ; Dion, J. ; Shen, A. ; Lagay, N. ; Decobert, J. ; O´Hare, A. ; Belfqih, Z. ; Gay, M. ; Bramerie, L. ; Feve, S. ; Lecren, E. ; Simon, J.C.
Author_Institution :
LPN-CNRS, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
We report on a novel quantum well saturable absorber device whose measured response time of 1.5 psec and contrast of at least 4 dB make it suitable for all-optical extinction ratio enhancement at 160 Gbit/s.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical saturable absorption; optical switches; quantum well devices; 1.5 ps; 160 Gbit/s; all-optical extinction ration enhancement; high speed saturable absorber; high switching contrast saturable absorber; quantum well saturable absorber; Absorption; Delay; Indium phosphide; Microcavities; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Radiative recombination;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202209
