All-optical Mach-Zehnder-Interferometer-based demultiplexer-a computer simulation study

Author

Kolesik, M. ; Matus, M. ; Moloney, J.V.

Author_Institution

Arizona Center for Math. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

15

Issue

1

fYear

2003

Firstpage

78

Lastpage

80

Abstract

An all-optical demultiplexer based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is simulated using a realistic simulation engine. A novel scheme is proposed that utilizes the active interferometer arms in a bidirectional regime for simultaneous pre-amplification of the control light pulses and for differential nonlinear control of the interferometer balance. The device design incorporates an on-chip delay line as well as fine-tuning of the control pulse powers for optimal extinction ratio. This leads to a more compact device and an improved performance at speeds of up to 200 Gb/s.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; demultiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical delay lines; optimisation; active interferometer arms; all-optical Mach-Zehnder-interferometer-based demultiplexer; bidirectional regime; compact device; computer simulation; control light pulses; control pulse powers; device design; differential nonlinear control; fine-tuning; interferometer balance; on-chip delay line; optimal extinction ratio; simultaneous pre-amplification; Arm; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Delay; Demultiplexing; Lighting control; Optical interferometry; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2002.805744

Filename

1159068