All-optical signal regeneration at 40 Gbit/s using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer based on semiconductor optical amplifiers

Author

Bischoff, S. ; Mork, J.

Author_Institution

Res. Center COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

345

Abstract

Summary form only given. All-optical signal regeneration and processing are interesting for high bit-rate transmission systems. The Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is a promising device for functionalities like all-optical add/drop and signal regeneration. Wavelength conversion up-to 20 Gbit/s, demultiplexing of a 8/spl times/10 Gbit/s signal and all-optical signal regeneration at 40 Gbit/s have been experimentally demonstrated, showing the high speed processing potential. We have theoretically investigated all-optical signal regeneration in a SOA based MZI and identified some of the main limiting factors and optimization issues.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; clocks; demultiplexing; optical repeaters; optical wavelength conversion; optimisation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; 20 Gbit/s; 80 Gbit/s; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOA based MZI; all-optical add/drop regeneration; all-optical signal regeneration; high speed processing potential; optimization issue; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Demultiplexing; Limiting; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.907094

Filename

907094