Title :
All-optical ON-OFF switch using a single-mode Fabry-Perot laser diode
Author :
Rakib-Uddin, M. ; Nakarmi, Bikash ; Hoai, Tran Q. ; Won, Yong Hyub
Author_Institution :
Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
An all-optical ON-OFF switch is demonstrated using a single-mode Fabry-Perot laser diode. A 10 Gb/s data signal is switched ON and OFF with an extinction ratio of 15.4 dB. The rising and falling times of the switch were measured as 90 ps and 80 ps, respectively.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; extinction coefficients; laser modes; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; data signal; extinction ratio; optical on-off switch; single-mode Fabry-Perot laser diode; Gain; Laser beams; Modulation; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Fabry-Perot laser diode; Injection locking; all-optical switch; gain modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2010 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7111-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACP.2010.5682683
