DocumentCode
3032593
Title
All-Optical Packet Envelope Detector based on a slow Vertical-Cavity Semiconductor Gate
Author
Porzi, Claudio ; Calabretta, Nicola ; Fresi, Francesco ; Poti, Luca ; Bogoni, Antonella ; Guina, Mircea ; Okhotnikhov, Oleg
Author_Institution
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa
fYear
2006
fDate
9-13 July 2006
Firstpage
280
Lastpage
282
Abstract
A novel all-optical packet envelope detector based on a slow saturable absorber is demonstrated. A contrast ratio as high as 15 dB and a guard time below 5 ns is measured for the extracted signal.
Keywords
high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical sensors; photodetectors; all-optical detector; optical networks; packet envelope detector; slow saturable absorber; ultrafast technologies; vertical-cavity semiconductor gate; Envelope detectors; High speed optical techniques; Mirrors; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Payloads; Probes; Quantum well devices; Reflectivity; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Internet and Next Generation Network, 2006. COIN-NGNCON 2006. The Joint International Conference on
Conference_Location
Jeju
Print_ISBN
978-89-955301-4-6
Electronic_ISBN
978-89-955301-4-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/COINNGNCON.2006.4454612
Filename
4454612
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