Title :
All-optical reshaping at 160-Gbit/s using a passive saturable absorber-based microcavity device
Author :
Fatome, J. ; Pitois, S. ; Kamagate, A. ; Massoubre, D. ; Millot, G. ; Oudar, J.L.
Author_Institution :
LPUB-CNRS - 9 av. Alain Savary, 21078 Dijon, France - jfatome@u-bourgogne.fr
Abstract :
A passive all-optical switching gate has been used to regenerate the zero levels of a "...01010101..." 160-Gbit/s bit pattern at 1561 nm. An extinction ratio enhancement up to 11 dB is demonstrated through autocorrelation measurements.
Keywords :
Absorption; Autocorrelation; Delay lines; Erbium; Extinction ratio; Microcavities; Mirrors; Optical fiber devices; Resonance; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800938
