TRANSPARENT OPTICAL SIGNAL REGENERATION USING A NONLINEAR BISTABLE DEVICE

Authors
CADA M HE J ROLLAND C SPRINGTHORPE AJ
Citation
M. Cada et al., TRANSPARENT OPTICAL SIGNAL REGENERATION USING A NONLINEAR BISTABLE DEVICE, Electronics Letters, 29(18), 1993, pp. 1631-1632
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
29
Issue
18
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1631 - 1632
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1993)29:18<1631:TOSRUA>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Transparent optical signal regeneration is demonstrated using a nonlin ear bistable distributed-feedback/Fabry-Perot (DFB/FP) structure, whic h has a high switching contrast (>40 : 1), fast recovery time (4 ns) a nd low threshold power (2 mW).