Optical signal processing via two-photon absorption in a semiconductor microcavity for the next generation of high-speed optical communications network
Maguire, Paul J., Barry, Liam P.ORCID: 0000-0001-8366-4790, Krug, T., Guo, Wei Hua, O'Dowd, John, Lynch, Michael, Bradley, Ann LouiseORCID: 0000-0002-9399-8628, Donegan, John Francis and Folliot, H.
(2006)
Optical signal processing via two-photon absorption in a semiconductor microcavity for the next generation of high-speed optical communications network.
Journal of Lightwave Technology, 24
(7).
pp. 2683-2692.
ISSN 0733-8724
Due to the introduction of new broadband services, individual line data rates are expected to exceed 100 Gb/s in the near future. To operate at these high speeds, new optical signal processing techniques will have to be developed. This paper will demonstrate that two-photon absorption in a specially designed semiconductor microcavity is an ideal candidate for optical signal processing applications such as autocorrelation, sampling, and demultiplexing in high-speed wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) and hybrid WDM/optical time-division-multiplexed networks.