Title :
10 ps pulse all-optical discrimination using a high-speed saturable absorber optical gate
Author :
Hirano, A. ; Tsuda, H. ; Hagimoto, K. ; Takahashi, R. ; Kawamura, Y. ; Iwamura, H.
Author_Institution :
NTT Opt. Network Syst. Lab, Kanagawa, Japan
fDate :
4/27/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors propose a novel all-optical signal discriminator (ODSC) using a high-speed saturable absorber optical gate which has >20 dB extinction ratio and threshold response. Error-free all-optical discrimination is realised for 10 ps optical pulses encoded by a 622 Mbit/s PRES (pseudorandom bit stream)
Keywords :
discriminators; optical repeaters; optical saturable absorption; photonic switching systems; 10 ps; 622 Mbit/s; PRES; all-optical signal discriminator; error-free all-optical discrimination; extinction ratio; high-speed saturable absorber optical gate; optical pulses; pseudorandom bit stream; threshold response;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950501
