Authors:	P. Mechet, T. Spuesens, N. Olivier, J.-M. Fedeli, P. Regreny, D. Van Thourhout, G. Roelkens, G. Morthier
Title:	All-optical, low-power 2R regeneration of 10Gb/s NRZ signals using a III-V on SOI microdisk laser
Format:	International Conference Proceedings
Publication date:	6/2013
Journal/Conference/Book:	18th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference held jointly with 2013 International Conference on Photonics in Switching (OECC/PS)
Volume(Issue):	p.paper TuPO-4
Location:	Kyoto, Japan
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Abstract

We demonstrate an all-optical low-power 2R regenerator of 10Gb/s NRZ data based on a 10-μm diameter microdisk laser, heterogeneously integrated onto silicon-on-insulator and processed in a CMOS pilot-line. The scheme works for sub-milliWatt input signals.

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