Optical pulse storage loops

John D. Moores; Katie L. Hall; William S. Wong

doi:10.1117/12.236948

1 April 1996 Optical pulse storage loops

John D. Moores, Katie L. Hall, William S. Wong

Proceedings Volume 2684, High-Speed Semiconductor Laser Sources; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.236948
Event: Photonics West '96, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Optical fiber storage loops storing packets of high-speed optical return-to-zero data have been demonstrated. Storage times greater than 30 minutes have been achieved. A basic storage loop design, demonstrated at 20 Gb/s, resembles an active-passive harmonically mode-locked fiber laser. A new modulation technique, rational-harmonic modulation, has been used in a similar storage loop design to achieve 50 Gb/s storage, using a modulator with only a 13 GHz 3 dB bandwidth. A 10.6 Gb/s all-optical storage loop has also been demonstrated, in which the electro-optic modulator has been replaced with a semiconductor diode amplifier which is driven by an optical clock.

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John D. Moores, Katie L. Hall, and William S. Wong "Optical pulse storage loops", Proc. SPIE 2684, High-Speed Semiconductor Laser Sources, (1 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.236948

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