• 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