First demonstration of simultaneous demultiplexing from 40 Gbit/s into two channels of 20 Gbit/s by SOA-based all-optical polarisation switch

Author

Tsurusawa, M. ; Nishimura, K. ; Usami, M.

Author_Institution

KDD Kamifukuoka R&D Labs., Saitama, Japan

Volume

Issue

fYear

2001

fDate

11/8/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1398

Lastpage

1399

Abstract

Simultaneous demultiplexing from 40 Gbit/s data signal into two channels of 20 Gbit/s using semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) based all-optical polarisation switch has been demonstrated. Error-free operation was confirmed with no power penalty. This is the first experimental demonstration to prove the full-switching capability of the SOA-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) all-optical switch at such a high bit rate regime

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; demultiplexing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre polarisation; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication channels; 20 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; 40Gbit/s data signal; SOA-based Mach-Zehnder interferometer all-optical switch; SOA-based all-optical polarisation switch; channels; error-free operation; full-switching capability; semiconductor optical amplifier based all-optical polarisation switch; simultaneous demultiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:20010931

Filename

966546

Link To Document

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