Title :
Prospects for ultrafast optical switching based on quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifiers in nonlinear interferometers
Author :
Uskov, AV ; O´Reilly, E.P. ; Manning, R.J. ; Webb, R.P. ; Cotter, D. ; Laemmlin, M. ; Ledentsov, N.N. ; Bimberg, D.
Author_Institution :
NMRC, Univ. Coll. Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
It is shown that interferometers containing quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers can be effective for ultrafast cross-phase modulation and digital signal processing with low dependence on the specific random data pattern.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light interferometers; optical modulation; optical switches; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; semiconductor quantum dots; digital signal processing; nonlinear interferometers; quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifiers; specific random data pattern; ultrafast cross-phase modulation; ultrafast optical switching;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
