Flexible and Reconfigurable Time-Domain Demultiplexing of Optical Signals at 160 Gb/s

Author

Roelens, Michaël A F ; Bolger, Jeremy A. ; Williams, D. ; Frisken, Steve J. ; Baxter, Glenn W. ; Clarke, Aisling M. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

Author_Institution

Finisar Australia, Waterloo, NSW

Volume

21

Issue

10

fYear

2009

fDate

5/15/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

618

Lastpage

620

Abstract

We present experimental results showing reconfigurable switching of four 40-Gb/s tributary channels in a 160-Gb/s data signal using Fourier-domain temporal pulse shaping and all-optical processing. Arbitrary combinations of multiple tributary channels are switched out of a high-speed data-modulated signal. The performance is characterized using a fast optical sampling oscilloscope and bit-error-rate measurements.

Keywords

Fourier transform optics; demultiplexing equipment; error statistics; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre networks; optical information processing; optical modulation; optical pulse shaping; oscilloscopes; telecommunication channels; telecommunication switching; time division multiplexing; time-domain analysis; Fourier-domain temporal pulse shaping; all-optical processing; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; bit-error-rate measurements; high-speed data-modulated signal; multiple tributary channels; optical sampling oscilloscope; optical signals; reconfigurable switching; time-domain demultiplexing; Nonlinear optics; optical pulse shaping; time-division multiplexing; time-division switching;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2009.2015463

Filename

4787125