Performance of a 50 Gbit/s optical time domain multiplexed system using a terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer

Author

Sokoloff, J.P. ; Glesk, I. ; Prucnal, P.R. ; Boncek, R.K.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

Volume

6

Issue

1

fYear

1994

Firstpage

98

Lastpage

100

Abstract

Bit error rate measurements were performed on a 50 Gbit/s optical time domain multiplexed system which utilized the newly developed terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer (TOAD) device as the front end of a receiver. Bit error rates of less than 10/sup /spl minus/9/ were measured when 800 fj control pulses were used to gate the demultiplexer. These measurements, which were made on a 50 Gbit/s peak line-rate train, also quantified the tolerance of the TOAD to signal-control pulse jitter.<>

Keywords

errors; multiplexing equipment; optical losses; optical receivers; 50 Gbit/s; 800 fJ; THz optical demultiplexer; TOAD device; asymmetric demultiplexer; bit error rate measurements; control pulses; front end; optical time domain multiplexed system; peak line-rate train; receiver; signal-control pulse jitter; terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer; Bit error rate; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical fiber couplers; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Pulse measurements;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.265902

Filename

265902