European Conference on Optical Communication

A reconfigurable and regenerative memory for optical phase bits

Bruno Garbin, J. Javaloyes, G. Tissoni, S. Barland

Published Sep 1, 2014• 0 citations

Abstract

Future optical networks will require processing of phase and not only intensity encoded information. We demonstrate the regeneration and storage of optical phase bits in an experimental device based on semiconductor laser with coherent optical injection and delayed retro-action.

DOI: 10.1109/ecoc.2014.6964174

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