Ultrafast 168 GHz 1.5 ps 1 fJ symmetric-Mach-Zehnder-type all-optical semiconductor switch

被引：12

作者：

Ueno, Y ^{[1
]}

Nakamura, S ^{[1
]}

Tajima, K ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NEC Corp Ltd, Photon & Wireless Devices Res Labs, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058501, Japan

来源：

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 2000年 / 39卷 / 8A期

关键词：

repetition; ultrafast; all-optical; symmetric; Mach-Zehnder; semiconductor optical amplifier; switch window; extinction;

D O I：

10.1143/JJAP.39.L806

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We report on the ultrahigh-repetition all-optical switching of a semiconductor-optical-amplifier-based symmetric-Mach-Zehnder-type switch. Record high 168 GHz, 1.5-ps-wide, 10-dB-extinction switch windows were observed. This repetition rate is ten times higher than the semiconductor optical amplifier's cutoff frequency. The control optical pulse energy used was a record low 1 fJ (average power = 170 mu W). Clearly isolated 168 GHz components were also observed in the output pulses' optical spectrum, which was in contrast to the continuum-like spectrum of the input pulses.

引用

页码：L806 / L808

页数：3

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