40-Gb/s OTDM to 4 x 10 Gb/s WDM conversion in monolithic InP Mach-Zehnder interferometer module

Author

Fischer, S. ; Duelk, M. ; Puleo, M. ; Girardi, R. ; Gamper, E. ; Vogt, W. ; Hunziker, W. ; Gini, E. ; Melchior, H.

Author_Institution

Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

11

Issue

10

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1262

Lastpage

1264

Abstract

Transformation of high bit-rate optical time-domain multiplexed (OTDM) signals into a multitude of lower bit-rate wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) channels is demonstrated by means of a single monolithically integrated indium phosphide Mach-Zehnder interferometer with semiconductor optical amplifiers in its arms. Full demultiplexing of 10-Gb/s OTDM signals into 4×10-Gb/s WDM channels is demonstrated. Bit-error-rate penalties are below 1.5 dB for polarization independent signal conversion throughout the 1.55-μm wavelength range.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; demultiplexing; indium compounds; integrated optics; modules; optical communication equipment; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.55 mum; 40 Gbit/s; Gb/s OTDM; Gb/s OTDM signals; Gb/s WDM; Gb/s WDM channels; bit-error-rate penalties; full demultiplexing; high bit-rate optical time-domain multiplexed signals; lower bit-rate wavelength-division-multiplexed channels; monolithic InP Mach-Zehnder interferometer module; polarization independent signal conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; single monolithically integrated indium phosphide Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Arm; Demultiplexing; Indium phosphide; Integrated optics; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Time domain analysis; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.789711

Filename

789711