Title :
Error free all-optical demultiplexing using a chalcogenide glass fibre based nonlinear optical loop mirror
Author :
Uchiyama, Kenji ; Morioka, T. ; Saruwatari, M. ; Asobe, M. ; Ohara, Tomoyuki
Author_Institution :
NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Kanagawa
fDate :
8/15/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Error free all-optical demultiplexing using a chalcogenide glass fibre based nonlinear optical loop mirror (C-NOLM) is successfully demonstrated at speeds of 50 Gbit/s. To the authors´ knowledge, this is the first bit error rate measurement to use chalcogenide glass fibre as an efficient nonlinear material. The nonlinearity of chalcogenide glass fibre is ~2 orders higher than that of silica glass fibres: this realises small, stable all-optical demultiplexers
Keywords :
chalcogenide glasses; demultiplexing; demultiplexing equipment; errors; glass fibres; mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; 50 Gbit/s; bit error rate measurement; chalcogenide glass fibre; efficient nonlinear material; error free all-optical demultiplexing; nonlinear optical loop mirror; nonlinearity; silica glass fibres; small stable all-optical demultiplexers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19961089
