Numerical implementation of Sagnac loop terahertz asymmetric optical demultiplexer for OTDM systems

Author

Pereira, A.A., Jr. ; Martinez, M. A C

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

657

Abstract

The aim of this work is to present a customized simulation tool for analysis and design of Terahertz Optical Asymmetric Demultiplexers based on Sagnac loop. We present a fast and versatile tool to emulate the behavior of key design parameters of the demux components such as semiconductor optical amplifier, splitters, fiber delay line and others. Furthermore, we demonstrate a bit to bit all optical demultiplexer, where one channel is extracted from a 64-bit frame at 10 Gbps transmission rate. Also, the behavior of the demux as an optical logical AND-gate is verified.

Keywords

Sagnac interferometers; demultiplexing equipment; optical logic; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; OTDM systems; Sagnac loop interferometer; TOAD operation; all-optical switching; customized simulation tool; design parameters; fiber delay line; optical communication system; optical logical AND-gate; semiconductor optical amplifier; terahertz asymmetric optical demultiplexer; Clocks; Communication switching; Optical design; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Sagnac interferometers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Submillimeter wave technology; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7824-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2003.1242656

Filename

1242656