Ultrafast All-Optical Signal Processing Devices.
Semiconductor-based Ultra-Fast All-Optical Signal Processing Devices a key technology for the next generation of ultrahigh bandwidth optical communication systems!. The introduction of ultra-fast communication systems based on all-optical signal processing is considered to be one of the most promisi...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester :
John Wiley & Sons,
2008.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contributors ix
- Preface xi
- 1 Introduction 1 /Hiroshi Ishikawa
- 1.1 Evolution of Optical Communication Systems and Device Technologies 1
- 1.2 Increasing Communication Traffic and Power Consumption 2
- 1.3 Future Networks and Technologies 4
- 1.3.1 Future Networks 4
- 1.3.2 Schemes for Huge Capacity Transmission 5
- 1.4 Ultrafast All-Optical Signal Processing Devices 6
- 1.4.1 Challenges 6
- 1.4.2 Basics of the Nonlinear Optical Process 7
- 1.5 Overview of the Devices and Their Concepts 11
- 1.6 Summary 13
- References 13
- 2 Light Sources 15 /Yoh Ogawa and Hitoshi Murai
- 2.1 Requirement for Light Sources 15
- 2.1.1 Optical Short Pulse Source 16
- 2.1.2 Optical Time Division Multiplexer 19
- 2.2 Mode-locked Laser Diodes 20
- 2.2.1 Active Mode Locking 20
- 2.2.2 Passive Mode Locking 23
- 2.2.3 Hybrid Mode Locking 25
- 2.2.4 Optical Synchronous Mode Locking 27
- 2.2.5 Application for Clock Extraction 29
- 2.3 Electro-absorption Modulator Based Signal Source 30
- 2.3.1 Overview of Electro-absorption Modulator 30
- 2.3.2 Optical Short Pulse Generation Using EAM 33
- 2.3.3 Optical Time Division Multiplexer Based on EAMs 38
- 2.3.4 160-Gb/s Optical Signal Generation 41
- 2.3.5 Detection of a 160-Gb/s OTDM Signal 43
- 2.3.6 Transmission Issues 46
- 2.4 Summary 47
- References 47
- 3 Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Based Ultrafast Signal Processing Devices 53 /Hidemi Tsuchida and Shigeru Nakamura
- 3.1 Introduction 53
- 3.2 Fundamentals of SOA 53
- 3.3 SOA as an Ultrafast Nonlinear Medium 56
- 3.4 Use of Ultrafast Response Component by Filtering 57
- 3.4.1 Theoretical Background 57
- 3.4.2 Signal Processing Using the Fast Response Component of SOA 60
- 3.5 Symmetric Mach / Zehnder (SMZ) All-Optical Gate 64
- 3.5.1 Fundamentals of the SMZ All-Optical Gate 64
- 3.5.2 Technology of Integrating Optical Circuits for an SMZ All-Optical Gate 67
- 3.5.3 Optical Demultiplexing 68
- 3.5.4 Wavelength Conversion and Signal Regeneration 73.
- 3.6 Summary 83
- References 83
- 4 Uni-traveling-carrier Photodiode (UTC-PD) and PD-EAM Optical Gate Integrating a UTC-PD and a TravelingWave Electro-absorption Modulator 89 /Hiroshi Ito and Satoshi Kodama
- 4.1 Introduction 89
- 4.2 Uni-traveling-carrier Photodiode (UTC-PD) 91
- 4.2.1 Operation 91
- 4.2.2 Fabrication and Characterization 96
- 4.2.3 Characteristics of the UTC-PD 98
- 4.2.4 Photo Receivers 114
- 4.3 Concept of a New Opto-electronic Integrated Device 117
- 4.3.1 Importance of High-output PDs 117
- 4.3.2 Monolithic Digital OEIC 118
- 4.3.3 Monolithic PD-EAM Optical Gate 118
- 4.4 PD-EAM Optical Gate Integrating UTC-PD and TW-EAM 119
- 4.4.1 Basic Structure 119
- 4.4.2 Design 120
- 4.4.3 Optical Gating Characteristics of PD-EAM 123
- 4.4.4 Fabrication 125
- 4.4.5 Gating Characteristics 127
- 4.4.6 Applications for Ultrafast All-Optical Signal Processing 131
- 4.4.7 Future Work 143
- 4.5 Summary and Prospects 147
- References 148
- 5 Intersub-band Transition All-Optical Gate Switches 155 /Nobuo Suzuki, Ryoichi Akimoto, Hiroshi Ishikawa and Hidemi Tsuchida
- 5.1 Operation Principle 155
- 5.1.1 Transition Wavelength 156
- 5.1.2 Matrix Element 157
- 5.1.3 Saturable Absorption 157
- 5.1.4 Absorption Recovery Time 158
- 5.1.5 Dephasing Time and Spectral Linewidth 160
- 5.1.6 Gate Operation in Waveguide Structure 162
- 5.2 GaN/AlN ISBT Gate 164
- 5.2.1 Absorption Spectra 165
- 5.2.2 Saturation of Absorption in Waveguides 168
- 5.2.3 Ultrafast Optical Gate 170
- 5.3 (CdS/ZnSe)/BeTe ISBT Gate 172
- 5.3.1 Growth of CdS/ ZnSe/ BeTe QWs and ISBT Absorption Spectra 173
- 5.3.2 Waveguide Structure for a CdS/ ZnSe/ BeTe Gate 177
- 5.3.3 Characteristics of a CdS/ ZnSe/ BeTe Gate 181
- 5.4 InGaAs/AlAs/AlAsSb ISBT Gate 183
- 5.4.1 Device Structure and its Fabrication 183
- 5.4.2 Saturation Characteristics and Time Response 184
- 5.5 Cross-phase Modulation in an InGaAs/AlAs/AlAsSb-based ISBT Gate 186
- 5.5.1 Cross-phase Modulation Effect and its Mechanisms 187.