All-optical multistage demultiplexers operated by logical permutations of control pulses

Author

Mori, K. ; Morioka, T. ; Saruwatari, M.

Author_Institution

NTT Transmission Syst. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan

Volume

3

Issue

12

fYear

1991

Firstpage

1130

Lastpage

1133

Abstract

An all-optical multistage demultiplexer is proposed which enables 2/sup M/ time-division-multiplexed optical signals to be separately assigned to arbitrary output ports by logical permutations of M sets of optical control signals. Demultiplexing at 30 Gb/s was successfully demonstrated in a two-stage configuration composed of optical Kerr switches with two control inputs. The application of this device to various high-speed processing schemes is briefly discussed.<>

Keywords

multiplexing equipment; optical Kerr effect; optical communication equipment; optical switches; time division multiplexing; 30 Gbit/s; TDM; all-optical multistage demultiplexer; arbitrary output ports; control inputs; control pulses; demultiplexing; high-speed processing schemes; logical permutations; optical Kerr switches; optical control signals; optical logic; time-division-multiplexed optical signals; two-stage configuration; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.118030

Filename

118030