Abstract
Self-induced effects in a passive polarization-independent vertical-cavity semiconductor gate are investigated numerically and experimentally. We demonstrate all-optical seed-pulse extraction for synchronization of differential phase-shift keying and ON-OFF keying packets at 10 Gb/s. Our results provide evidence that vertical-cavity gates, exploiting saturable absorption in semiconductor quantum-wells, exhibit attractive performances in terms of efficiency, power consumption, and polarization independency.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1509-1511 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jul 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Optical signal processing
- Packet self-synchronization
- Packet switching
- Quantum-well devices