160-Gb/s all-optical demultiplexing using a gain-transparent ultrafast-nonlinear interferometer (GT-UNI)

Author

Schubert, C. ; Diez, S. ; Berger, J. ; Ludwig, R. ; Feiste, U. ; Weber, H.G. ; Toptchiyski, G. ; Petermann, K. ; Krajinovic, V.

Author_Institution

Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH, Germany

Volume

13

Issue

5

fYear

2001

fDate

5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

475

Lastpage

477

Abstract

We report on an all-optical demultiplexer based on gain-transparent operation of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) in an ultrafast-nonlinear interferometer (GT-UNI). The GT-UNI comprises a robust fiber-chip setup in a folded geometry. For switching window widths of 5.2 ps and 6.0 ps, error-free demultiplexing of 160-10 Gb/s is demonstrated.

Keywords

demultiplexing; high-speed optical techniques; light interferometers; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 5.2 ps; 6 ps; Gb/s all-optical demultiplexing; error-free demultiplexing; folded geometry; gain-transparent ultrafast-nonlinear interferometer; robust fiber-chip setup; semiconductor optical amplifier; switching window widths; ultrafast-nonlinear interferometer; Demultiplexing; Geometrical optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.920756

Filename

920756