Abstract
Photonic digital switches will be indispensable in future all-optical nodes for both time- and wavelength-division processing of optical signals for digital regeneration, Mux/Demux, and wavelength conversion. A bistable laser diode has the potential to achieve time- and wavelengh-divison processing simultaneously because it is inherently capable of digital regeneration due to its memory characteristics and of wavelength conversion when a side-injection structure is used [1,2]. This paper reports optical demultiplexing of 1 Gbps NRZ signals with simultaneous wavelengh conversion using a side-injection-light-controlled bistable laser diode (SILC-BLD) module with pigtailed fibers and a monitoring pin-photodiode.
© 1995 Optical Society of America
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