Fiber-Looped LiNbO3 Mach-Zehnder Modulator for 160 Gb/s Optical Time Division Demultiplexing and it´s Comparison to an Electro-Absorption Modulator

Author

Pelusi, Mark D.

Author_Institution

Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2008

fDate

24-28 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Optical time-division demultiplexing a 160 Gb/s signal to 40 Gb/s tributaries by novel method of LiNbO₃ amplitude modulator connected in a fiber-loop demonstrates lower bit-error rate power penalty than using a high performance electro-absorption modulator.

Keywords

amplitude modulation; demultiplexing equipment; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; error statistics; lithium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical materials; time division multiplexing; LiNbO₃; amplitude modulator; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; bit-error rate; electro-absorption modulator; fiber-looped Mach-Zehnder modulator; optical time division demultiplexing; power penalty; Amplitude modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Optical devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-856-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2008.4528372

Filename

4528372