High speed, high switching contrast quantum well saturable absorber for 160 Gbit/s operation

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Massoubre, David
Oudar, J.-L.
Aubin, C
Dion, J
Shen, Alexandre
Lagay, N
Decobert, Jean
O'Hare, Arthur
Belfqih, Z
Gay, Mathilde
Bramerie, Laurent
Feve, S
Lecren, E
Simon, Jean-Claude
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2005
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Abstract
We report on a novel quantum well saturable absorber device whose measured response time of 1.5 psec and contrast of at least 4 dB make it suitable for all-optical extinction ratio enhancement at 160 Gbit/s.
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2005 Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics (CLEO)
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Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
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