MONOCHROMATIC ALL-OPTICAL GATE WITH 1-PS RESPONSE-TIME

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PAYE, J [1 ]
HULIN, D [1 ]
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[1] ECOLE POLYTECH,CTR YVETTE,ENSTA,OPT APPL LAB,F-91120 PALAISEAU,FRANCE
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10.1063/1.108719
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A semiconductor nonlinear Fabry-Perot based on the optical Stark nonlinearity is designed as an optical gate. The device is driven by 1.2 ps light pulses with a spectrum narrower than the transmission resonance peak of the device to allow cascaded operation. One picosecond switching-on and -off times are demonstrated with 5:1 contrast ratio, in single-wavelength operation. Owing to its planar structure and ultrafast switching time, this device is the fastest all-optical gate for monochromatic parallel processing ever reported.
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