All-optical sampling with a monolithically integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer gate.
An all-optical sampler consisting of a polarization-independent monolithic Mach-Zehnder interferometer with integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers and a temporal resolution of 1 ps is presented. As an example, a simple 320-Gbit/s pattern has been successfully sampled, demonstrating the functionality of this scheme for high-bit-rate waveform characterizations in light-wave systems.
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Fischer
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Bitter
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Caraccia
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Dülk
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Gamper
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Vogt
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Gini
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Melchior
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Hunziker