All-Optical Sampling in a Multiple Quantum Well Saturable Absorber

Douglas A. Reid (1) , Paul J. Maguire (1) , Liam P. Barry (1) , Quang Trung Le (2) , Sebastien Lobo (2) , Mathilde Gay (2) , Laurent Bramerie (2) , Michel Joindot (2) , Jean-Claude Simon (2) , David Massoubre (3) , Jean-Louis Oudar (3) , Guy Aubin (3)

1 RINCE - Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering
2 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
3 LPN - Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures

The use of multiple-quantum-well saturable absorbers in all optical sampling of high repetition rate pulse trains is presented. Measurements of a 40 GHz pulse train were made using a device with a response time of 5 ps.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Douglas A. Reid, Paul J. Maguire, Liam P. Barry, Quang Trung Le, Sebastien Lobo, et al.. All-Optical Sampling in a Multiple Quantum Well Saturable Absorber. Optical Fiber Communication conference and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2008 (OFC/NFOEC 2008), Feb 2008, San Diego (CA), United States. pp.OThG4 (CD version only), ⟨10.1109/OFC.2008.4528463⟩. ⟨hal-00276717⟩