Title :
Photonic serial-parallel conversion of high-speed OTDM data
Author :
Dennis, Michael L. ; Kaechele, Walter I. ; Burns, William K. ; Carruthers, T.F. ; Duling, Irl N., III
Author_Institution :
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate full demultiplexing of a single 100-Gb/s optical time-division multiplexed data stream into eight parallel 12.5-Gb/s streams. This is performed using a photonic serial-to-parallel converter based on lithium niobate intensity modulators, and requires no nonlinear optical elements. Error-free operation is obtained for each of the eight output channels.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; time division multiplexing; 100 Gbit/s; 12.5 Gbit/s; error-free operation; full demultiplexing; high-speed OTDM data; lithium niobate intensity modulators; nonlinear optical elements; output channels; photonic serial-parallel conversion; photonic serial-to-parallel converter; single Gb/s optical time-division multiplexed data stream; Amplitude modulation; Demultiplexing; Electrooptic modulators; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Intensity modulation; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
