Title :
Ultrafast optical demultiplexing, regeneration, and wavelength-conversion with symmetric-Mach-Zehnder all-optical switches
Author :
Nakamura, S. ; Tamanuki, T. ; Ueno, Y. ; Tajima, K.
Author_Institution :
Networking Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate various types of ultrafast optical signal processing with symmetric-Mach-Zehnder all-optical switches. We have achieved error-free 336-Gb/s demultiplexing, penalty-free, error-free 84-Gb/s pulse regeneration, and error-free 168-Gb/s wavelength conversion.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; demultiplexing; optical information processing; optical pulse generation; optical repeaters; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; 168 Gbits/s; 336 Gbits/s; 84 Gbits/s; error-free pulse regeneration; error-free wavelength conversion; penalty-free pulse regeneration; symmetric-Mach-Zehnder all-optical switches; ultrafast optical demultiplexing; ultrafast optical signal processing; Demultiplexing; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical refraction; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248121
