Polarization and wavelength-independent time-division demultiplexing based on copolarized-pumps FWM in an SOA

Author

Porzi, C. ; Bogoni, A. ; Poti, L. ; Contestabile, G.

Author_Institution

Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy

Volume

17

Issue

3

fYear

2005

fDate

3/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

633

Lastpage

635

Abstract

A novel optical time-division demultiplexer based on copolarized-pumps four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers is presented. The scheme is polarization and wavelength independent. Effective 10-Gb/s channel extraction from an optical time-division multiplexed 40-Gb/s aggregate frame is experimentally demonstrated.

Keywords

multiwave mixing; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication channels; time division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; SOA; channel extraction; copolarized-pumps FWM; four-wave mixing; polarization-independent optical time-division multiplexing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength-independent optical time-division demultiplexing; Demultiplexing; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; Four-wave mixing (FWM); optical time-division multiplexing (OTDM); semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.842367

Filename

1396038