Title : 
Optical demultiplexing with extinction ratio enhancement based on higher order parametric interaction
         
        
            Author : 
Brès, C.S. ; Wiberg, A.O.J. ; Chavez-Boggio, J.M. ; Radic, S.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Jacobs Sch. of Eng., Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We present the experimental demonstration of an all-optical demultiplexer for high speed OTDM data with optical regeneration capability. It is shown that higher order parametric interactions provide optical sampling with high extinction ratio.
         
        
            Keywords : 
demultiplexing equipment; high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical repeaters; time division multiplexing; all-optical demultiplexer; extinction ratio enhancement; four wave mixing; high-order parametric interaction; high-speed OTDM data; optical regeneration; optical sampling; optical time division multiplexing; Demultiplexing; Extinction ratio; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Ultrafast optics;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Vienna
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-5096-1