Full 40 Gbit/s OTDM to WDM conversion: simultaneous four channel 40:10 Gbit/s all-optical demultiplexing and wavelength conversion to individual wavelengths

Author

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

Author_Institution

Inst. for Quantum Electron., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

Supplement

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Abstract

40 Gbit/s signals are simultaneously all-optically demultiplexed and wavelength converted into four 10 Gbit/s channels of individual wavelengths with a penalty below 1.5 dB,using only one monolithically integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer with semiconductor optical amplifiers.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; demultiplexing; integrated optoelectronics; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication channels; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; Gbit/s OTDM to WDM conversion; four channel Gbit/s all-optical demultiplexing; individual wavelengths; monolithically integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength conversion; Bit rate; Clocks; Demultiplexing; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.766050

Filename

766050