Title :
Bit error rate assessment of 80 Gb/s all-optical demultiplexing by a monolithically integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer with semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Vaa, M. ; Mikkelsen, B. ; Jepsen, K.S. ; Stubkjaer, K.E. ; Hess, R. ; Duelk, M. ; Vogt, W. ; Gamper, E. ; Gini, E. ; Besse, P.A. ; Melchior, H. ; Bouchoule, S.
Author_Institution :
Center for Broadband Telecommun., Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
Error free 80-10 Gb/s all-optical demultiplexing is demonstrated using a monolithically integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with SOAs. At 40 Gbit/s add-drop multiplexing, penalty-free demultiplexing and a large (>17 dB) dynamic range is demonstrated
Keywords :
semiconductor lasers; 40 Gbit/s; 80 to 10 Gbit/s; Gb/s all-optical demultiplexing; add-drop multiplexing; bit error rate assessment; dynamic range; monolithically integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer; penalty-free demultiplexing; semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971482
