Simultaneous all-optical add and drop multiplexing of 40-Gbit/s OTDM signals using monolithically integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Author

Jepsen, K.S. ; Mihkelsen, B. ; Vaa, M. ; Poulsen, H.N. ; Clausen, A.T. ; Stubkjaer, K.E. ; Hess, R. ; Duelk, M. ; Vogt, W. ; Gamper, E. ; Gini, E. ; Besse, P.A. ; Melchior, H. ; Bouchoule, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electromagn. Syst., Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark

fYear

1998

fDate

22-27 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

310

Lastpage

311

Abstract

Summary form only given. Simultaneous all-optical add and drop multiplexing of a 40-Gbit/s OTDM signal using a monolithically integrated semiconductor optical amplifier/Mach Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI) is demonstrated. While maintaining a penalty of 1.3 dB for the add operation the sensitivity for the demultiplexed signal is -34.4 dBm.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; semiconductor lasers; sensitivity; time division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; Gbit/s OTDM signals; demultiplexed signal; monolithically integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer; monolithically integrated semiconductor optical amplifier/Mach Zehnder interferometer; sensitivity; simultaneous all-optical add and drop multiplexing; Demultiplexing; Distributed feedback devices; Electrons; Fiber nonlinear optics; Integrated optics; Interferometric lithography; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical pulses;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 1998. OFC '98., Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-521-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1998.657430

Filename

657430