Bistable Diode Laser Amplifiers In High Performance Optical Communication And Optical Computing Systems

Mario Dagenais; Wayne F Sharfin

doi:10.1117/12.944066

3 May 1988 Bistable Diode Laser Amplifiers In High Performance Optical Communication And Optical Computing Systems

Mario Dagenais, Wayne F Sharfin

Proceedings Volume 0881, Optical Computing and Nonlinear Materials; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944066
Event: 1988 Los Angeles Symposium: O-E/LASE '88, 1988, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The physics of low energy switching in both optical and electronic devices is briefly introduced. The properties and applications of bistable diode amplifiers are reviewed. It is stressed that bistable dode laser amplifiers are the most energy efficient optical switching devices so far demonstrated. The concept of colored optical interconnects is introduced for applications in closely spaced wavelength division multiplexing transmission systems. The implementation of a generalized, optically updatable, optical crossbar switch is discussed.

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Mario Dagenais and Wayne F Sharfin "Bistable Diode Laser Amplifiers In High Performance Optical Communication And Optical Computing Systems", Proc. SPIE 0881, Optical Computing and Nonlinear Materials, (3 May 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.944066

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