Linewidth influence in photonics logic device

Abstract

Photonics logic devices are currently finding applications in most of the fields where optical signals are employed. These areas range from optical communications to optical computing, covering as well as other applications in photonics sensing and metrology. Most of the proposed configurations with photonics logic devices are based on semiconductor laser structures with "on/off" behaviors, operating in an optical amplifier configuration. They are able to offer non-linear gain or bistable operation, being these properties the basis for their applications in these fields. Moreover, their large number of potential affecting parameters onto their behavior offers the possibility to choose the best solution for each case.

Optical regeneration based on noise generated in bistable devices: going from 2R to 3R

“…In all cases the wavelength chosen for the injected signal had a detuning of 20GHz and the hysteresis cycle was anticlockwise. The second and third transmission windows, 1300nm and 1500nm, have been compared, finding out that the optical power for the former case had to be almost one order of magnitude smaller than for the latter (10). In this work we have only considered the 1500nm window as this is the wavelength used for long-haul transmission, where clock recovery is more interesting, even though we acknowledge that signals at 1300nm would be less power-consuming.…”