Title :
Dispersion asymmetric NOLM for reconfigurable all-optical two-channel demultiplexing using single baseband control pulse
Author :
Du, Jiangbing ; Dai, Yongheng ; Lei, Gordon K P ; Shu, Chester
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate reconfigurable, all-optical, two-channel demultiplexing (DEMUX) based on a dispersion asymmetric NOLM using a single baseband control pulse. Switchable operation between two-channel and single-channel DEMUX is also achieved. Error-free 40-to-10 Gb/s DEMUX is obtained.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; optical communication; bit rate 10 Gbit/s to 40 Gbit/s; dispersion asymmetric NOLM; dspersion asymmetric NOLM; reconfigurable all-optical two-channel demultiplexing; single baseband control pulse; single-channel DEMUX; two-channel DEMUX; Delay; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621245
