Title :
Highly-efficient optical sampling based on two-photon absorption in a semiconductor micro-cavity device
Author :
Maguire, P.J. ; Barry, L.P. ; Krug, T. ; Lynch, M. ; Bradley, A.L. ; Donegan, J.F. ; Folliot, H.
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. for Networks & Commun. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Ireland
Abstract :
We demonstrate a highly-efficient optical sampling system based upon the nonlinear process of two-photon absorption in a specially designed semiconductor microcavity. The sensitivity of the system is around 0.1 mW2 and the temporal resolution is 2 ps.
Keywords :
microcavities; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; semiconductor devices; signal sampling; time division multiplexing; two-photon processes; highly-efficient optical sampling; nonlinear process; semiconductor microcavity device; system sensitivity; temporal resolution; two-photon absorption; Absorption; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Pulse measurements; Sampling methods; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202041
