Title :
160-Gb/s Polarization-Insensitive Demultiplexer Based on a Fiber-Optical Parametric Amplifier
Author :
Liang, Yu ; Zhang, Chi ; Wong, Kenneth K Y
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
fDate :
4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We report the experimental demonstration of a 160-Gb/s polarization-insensitive demultiplexer based on a pulsed-pump fiber-optical parametric amplifier. Switching window and 12-dB conversion gain are measured with polarization scrambled signal. No more than 1.5-dB power penalty is achieved for 16 demultiplexed 10-Gb/s tributaries.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; demultiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pumping; optical switches; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; fiber-optical parametric amplifier; optical switching; polarization scrambled signal; polarization-insensitive demultiplexer; power penalty; pulsed-pump amplifier; Demultiplexing; optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs); polarization diversity;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2011.2107316
