Quirce, A and Cuesta, JR and Hurtado, A and Schires, K and Valle, A and Pesquera, L and Henning, ID and Adams, MJ (2011) All-optical inverter based on polarization switching in long-wavelength VCSELs. In: 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference CLEO EUROPE/EQEC, 2011-05-22 - 2011-05-26.
Quirce, A and Cuesta, JR and Hurtado, A and Schires, K and Valle, A and Pesquera, L and Henning, ID and Adams, MJ (2011) All-optical inverter based on polarization switching in long-wavelength VCSELs. In: 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference CLEO EUROPE/EQEC, 2011-05-22 - 2011-05-26.
Quirce, A and Cuesta, JR and Hurtado, A and Schires, K and Valle, A and Pesquera, L and Henning, ID and Adams, MJ (2011) All-optical inverter based on polarization switching in long-wavelength VCSELs. In: 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference CLEO EUROPE/EQEC, 2011-05-22 - 2011-05-26.
Abstract
All-optical processing of high-speed signals is expected to be a key technology in future photonic networks. VCSELs are very promising devices for these applications due to their inherent advantages. Nonlinear transfer functions can be obtained by using optical injection because it strongly affects the transverse mode and polarization characteristics of VCSELs [1]. Optical injection can be used to obtain polarization switching (PS) of single transverse mode VCSELs. When the polarization of an injected optical field is orthogonal to that of the solitary VCSEL (orthogonal optical injection), PS and bistability are observed [2]. PS by optical injection is expected to be fast and thus suitable for application in all-optical signal-processing systems. In this work we report, for the first time to our knowledge, all-optical inversion operation using PS in a 1550nm single-mode VCSEL induced by orthogonal optical injection. We demonstrate all-optical inversion for NRZ signals at a bit rate of 2.5 Gb/s. An all-fiber system has been developed in order to inject the light from a tunable laser into a commercial 1550nm-VCSEL (RayCan, Co.). The free-running VCSEL emits in the fundamental transverse mode with a linear polarization (parallel polarization) over the whole current range. The subsidiary orthogonal polarization is shifted 0.48 nm to the long wavelength side with respect to the dominant one. Pulsed optical injection was obtained by using a pulse pattern generator and a Mach-Zhender intensity modulator. © 2011 IEEE.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Additional Information: | Published proceedings: 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO EUROPE/EQEC 2011 |
Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2015 15:44 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2024 20:42 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/8999 |
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