Demonstration of an all-optical switch by use of a multiwavelength mutual injection-locked laser diode

L Y Chan; P K A Wai; L F K Lui; B Moses; W H Chung; H Y Tam; M S Demokan

doi:10.1364/ol.28.000837

Demonstration of an all-optical switch by use of a multiwavelength mutual injection-locked laser diode

Opt Lett. 2003 May 15;28(10):837-9. doi: 10.1364/ol.28.000837.

Authors

L Y Chan¹, P K A Wai, L F K Lui, B Moses, W H Chung, H Y Tam, M S Demokan

Affiliation

¹ Photonics Research Center, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 12779163
DOI: 10.1364/ol.28.000837

Abstract

Error-free all-optical packet switching is demonstrated by use of a multiwavelength mutual injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diode. A 10-Gbit/s data signal is switched on and off with an extinction ratio of 16.9 dB when an optical control signal is turned off and on with a power difference of only 3 dB.