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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    Title :

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


    Contributors:
    Massoubre, D. (author) / Oudar, J.-L. (author) / Aubin, G. (author) / Dion, J. (author) / Shen, A. (author) / Lagay, N. (author) / Decobert, J. (author) / O'Hare, A. (author) / Belfqih, Z. (author) / Gay, M. (author)


    Publication date :

    2005-01-01


    Size :

    1298565 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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