Traveling-wave semiconductor laser amplifiers as high-speed all-optical inverters

Jordi Guitart; Mario M. Vizuete; Sergio Ruiz-Moreno; E. Garcia-Conde

doi:10.1117/12.175246

2 May 1994 Traveling-wave semiconductor laser amplifiers as high-speed all-optical inverters

Jordi Guitart, Mario M. Vizuete, Sergio Ruiz-Moreno, E. Garcia-Conde

Proceedings Volume 2149, Technologies for Optical Fiber Communications; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175246
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

In this communication we focus on the potential use of travelling wave semiconductor laser amplifiers as high-speed all-optical inverters. Although semiconductor amplifiers suffer from saturation and crosstalk effects which can degrade the device performances required in some applications, we show here that both phenomena can be induced in order to produce optical transference and inversion of the information between two channels in a direct-detection system.

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Jordi Guitart, Mario M. Vizuete, Sergio Ruiz-Moreno, and E. Garcia-Conde "Traveling-wave semiconductor laser amplifiers as high-speed all-optical inverters", Proc. SPIE 2149, Technologies for Optical Fiber Communications, (2 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175246

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