Title :
Experimental demonstration of all-optical regeneration using a polarization bistable VCSEL
Author :
Mori, Takashi ; Yamayoshi, Yasuhiro ; Kawaguchi, Hitoshi
Author_Institution :
CREST, Japan Sci. & Technol. Agency, Japan
Abstract :
All-optical signal regeneration was experimentally demonstrated using a polarization bistable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser by injection of a signal pulse and two orthogonally polarized clock pulses. Wavelengths of these injection pulses were independently optimized.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser stability; optical bistability; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; all-optical signal regeneration; clock pulse; laser diodes; orthogonal pulse polarization; polarization bistable VCSEL; pulse injection; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Clocks; Flip-flops; Laser theory; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical surface waves; Surface emitting lasers; Switches; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202183
